>From my experience, - most of the sales people at Ritz Camera stores are very little educated in what they are selling. They had a "crash course" of marketing keywords and sales pitch. The level of knoweldge is comparable or even worse than that of people selling electronics at BestBuy, Circuit City, etc here in the US.
It's that type of people who, when being asked about audio system power, respond: "It's very loud!". To be fair: once in a while, I see knowledgeable and even helpful people at stores of each of the aforementioned chains. Igor Scott Loveless wrote: > A few days ago I stopped by the local shopping mall (I hate shopping > malls) because I needed to get a Needle Point Precision Lubricator at > Radio Shack. I wandered into the Ritz Camera store just to see what > they stock these days. To my surprise they had a DS, a Nikon D50, and > a Canon Rebel XT in their display case. I asked the lady behind the > counter if I could take a look at the DS and D50. The exchange went > something like this: > > Me: Can I see the DS and the D50? > > Sales Lady: The what? > > Me: The DS and the D50? > > Her: What's a DS? > > Me: The Pentax SLR you have in your case. > > Her: Oh, OK. > > She handed me both cameras. Both had an 18-55/3.5-5.6 attached. > > Sales Girl: No one's ever asked me for the DS. Most people want the > XT or the D50. > > Me: Yeah, I don't do Canon. > > Her: I think you'll like the Nikon better. It has more features and > accessories are easier to find. Pentax is more of a niche > manufacturer. You really can't get many accessories for it. > > Me: The viewfinder in the Pentax is bit nicer. Does the D50 have a > prism or a mirror? > > Warm body behind the counter: All SLRs have mirrors. > > Me: I'm not talking about the mirror that flips up when you press the > shutter release. What's underneath this big bump on the top of the > camera. > > Warm body: Uhh. The Nikon has a Nikkor lens. The Nikkor lens is > better than the Pentax. > > Me: Really? Why's that? > > Her: Better images. And it's built better. > > Me: The mount on the Pentax lens is metal. The Nikon is plastic. > > Dip shit: Have you seen the Rebel XT. You might like that one better. > > At this point I chuckled and walked out. The conversation was a quite > a bit longer, but I'm sure you get the picture. I still am not sure > why she was so insistent on steering me away from the Pentax. All > three kits were roughly the same price. > > The lubricator from Radio Shack is really cool, though. Highly > recommended for those of you who work on your own cameras. >
