I agree. But in terms of retail exposure, it's gotten much better for Pentax in the last six months. You couldn't find a Pentax *ist camera in any of the local camera stores. But since the introduction of the K series, they've been in the display cases. Now they're beginning to be featured prominently. I don't know if this is happening everywhere, but it's certainly obvious here in Michigan. Paul On May 10, 2007, at 11:12 PM, William Robb wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" > Subject: Re: Pentax - Selling HQ and Apparently Drops 645D > > >> But they're also well made and reasonably priced. The K10D is a >> genuine bargain given its build and feature set. That works for me. I >> don't need to be right at the bleeding edge. > > It works for me also. I shoot Pentax for the lenses, not the cameras. > Having said this, if one needs the feature set of a high end Canon > to do > what he wants, then this brand isn't appealing. On the consumer > side, if one > wants the cachet value of a higher end body, either in ones camera > bag or > not, then this is not the brand to buy. > I think what happens (this is from my retail experience, so is more > anecdotal than factual), is that companies like Canon or Nikon can > advertise > trememdous bragging rights about what their equipment can do. > This puts them at the front of the lower end camera consumers short > list, > and often the consumer will give a Pentax little or no heed, simply > because > they aren't in the pissing contest. > It's probably gotten worse since the advent of internet and big box > retailing, since now the consumer quite often doesn't talk to a > knowledgable > sales person before making a buying decision, and if they happen to > find > themselves on a forum such as DPReview, they will generally get the > Nikon/Canon party line fed to them. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
