http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Optics-maker-Hoya-to-merge-with-Pentax/ 2006/12/21/1166290673791.html "Japanese optics maker Hoya will merge with camera maker Pentax, Hoya said amid increasingly tough competition in the digital imaging market. The companies will combine operations on October 1, 2007 and the new company will be called Hoya Pentax HD Corp" k