On Feb 15, 2006, at 7:45 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I think the DS and DS2 are great cameras. I bought one. Now,
after being
out less than a year, the DS2 has become scarce as hen's teeth.
That is
~frustrating~ especially since I don't know if the camera has been
discontinued, if there's just a slowdown in delivery, or what.
Even the
sites listed on the Pentax web site don't have the DS2 - lots of DL's
though.
That just means that it's selling well and vendors are having
difficulty keeping them in stock. Sales personnel at the local
dealer, although they sell Nikon and Canon far more than any other
brands, tells me that the shop has had no problems selling *ist DS/DL/
DS2 bodies and Pentax lenses. There are no longer *any* used Pentax
lenses of any note in stock.
To me, that sound like Pentax is doing well. We all know they don't
have the kind of production capability that Nikon or Canon do, so
some unevenness in availability of units is to be expected. Even
Canon and Nikon buyers occasionally can't get a particular thing they
want instantly.
Godfrey
