Ngakhale kuti mgwirizano wa 2008 ndi Hoya Corporation wa Tokyo, Japan, Pentax ndi imodzi mwa opanga makina opanga makamera padziko lapansi. Makina a Pentax akhalapo pakati pa otsogolera m'mafilimu ndi digito ya SLR komanso mapiritsi apamwamba. Pentax imapangitsanso mafanizo ndi mphukira , motsogoleredwa ndi Optio mzere wa makamera. Malingana ndi lipoti la Techno Systems Research, Panasonic ndi ya 11 padziko lonse m'magulu angapo opangidwa mu 2007 ndi makamera pafupifupi 3.15 miliyoni. Ndalama ya Pentax inali 2.4%.
Mbiri ya Pentax & # 39; s
Pentax inakhazikitsidwa kumpoto kwa Tokyo mu 1919, wotchedwa Asahi Kogaku Goshi Kausha. Patapita zaka makumi awiri, kampaniyo inayamba kukhala Ashai Optical, ndipo inapanga makamera ndi lens m'zaka za nkhondo yachiŵiri yapadziko lonse isanayambe. Panthawi ya nkhondo, Ashai anapanga zipangizo zopangira opangira nkhondo ya ku Japan.
Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yadziko Lonse itatha, kampaniyo inasokonezeka kwa zaka zingapo, isanabwererenso mu 1948, pamene idayamba kupanga mabinoculars, lens, ndi makamera kachiwiri. Mu 1952, Asahi anatulutsa kamera ya Asahiflex, yomwe inali kamera yoyamba ya 35mm SLR yomwe inapangidwa ndi wopanga Japan.
Honeywell anayamba kutenga malonda a Asahi muzaka za m'ma 1950, akuyitanitsa mankhwalawa "Honeywell Pentax." Pambuyo pake, dzina la mtundu wa Pentax linawonekera pazinthu zonse za kampani padziko lonse lapansi. Kampani yonse ya Asahi inatchedwanso Pentax mu 2002. Pentax ndi Samsung zinayamba kugwira ntchito limodzi pa makamera a SLR ndi zina zotengera mu 2005.
Hoya ndi kampani imene imapanga mafano ojambula zithunzi, lasers, makina ojambulira, ndi zinthu zamakono. Hoya inakhazikitsidwa mu 1941, ikuyamba ngati opanga galasi yopanga magalasi komanso ngati wopanga zinthu zamakono. Makampani awiriwa atagwirizana, Pentax adasunga dzina lake. Pentax Imaging ndi America kugawidwa kwa kampani, ndipo imakhalabe mu Golden, Colo.
Masiku ano & # 39; s Pentax ndi Optio Offerings
Pentax yakhala ikudziwika bwino kwa makamera ake. Mwachitsanzo, Pentax K1000 ndi imodzi mwa makamera opanga mafilimu odziwika bwino kwambiri padziko lapansi, chifukwa adapangidwa kuchokera pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1970 mpaka 2000. Masiku ano, Pentax imaphatikizapo chisakanizo cha DSLR ndi zowonongeka.
- Zithunzi za DSLR. Pentax amapanga digito SLR makamera ndi "K" kutchulidwa. K model Pentax makamera amapereka malingaliro osinthasintha ndi kuthetsa zambiri. Fufuzani makamera a K oyendetsa mtengo pakati pa $ 700 ndi $ 1,500 kwa thupi la kamera yekha.
- Zitsanzo zamadzi. Zithunzi za Optio "W" zimapereka matupi a makamera opanda madzi, pamodzi ndi umboni wa pfumbi ndi sayansi zamakono. Zithunzi zamakono zimanyamula pafupifupi 10.0 ma digapixels of resolution ndipo amawononga $ 250- $ 300.
- Zithunzi zochepa kwambiri. Makina a Pentax Optio "P" amamera ndi makampani opangidwa ndi ultrasound, omwe amayeza pang'ono kuposa 0,75 mainchesi. Yang'anani P makamera apamtundu kuti azigula madola 150- $ 200.
- Zitsanzo zoyambirira. Makina opanga mafilimu a "E" a Pentax akuyendetsedwa ndi oyamba, okhala ndi makilogalamu pafupifupi 10.0 otsimikiziridwa ndi zinthu zina zosavuta kuzigwiritsa ntchito. Mudzapeza makamera a E E $ 100- $ 150.
- Zogwirizana. Pentax Imaging imapereka mitundu yambiri ya zipangizo zamakera, kuphatikizapo mapulogalamu apamwamba a SLR. Kampaniyo imapangitsanso mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya magetsi, ma tebulo a batri, makina apakati pa makamera, kuyang'ana zojambula, ndi adapalasula otentha. Zigawo zina za Pentax zimapereka maimbidwe, mabala, malo opima, maseri a laser, magulu a prism, ndi machitidwe apamwamba a zaumoyo.