I was on a tear about this just last week after calling the local brick
& mortar shop where I bought my K-x only to get the same runaround I got
when I called six months prior. The guy yammered on about the
Pentax/Ricoh thing as though I was completely unaware of it. I then
called Pentax customer service to see if there might be another shop
within driving distance only to be told that I'd have to live near a B&H
or an Adorama to see a physical specimen.
When I got my K-x, I'd narrowed the choice down to that and the Canon
T2i. The K-x was cheaper and did everything I wanted a camera to do at
the time (being my first new DSLR purchase), and I didn't want to wait
while I saved up more cash for the T2i kit I wanted at Best Buy. So, I
went to the camera shop and plunked down the dough.
As I said in my series of gripes on Facebook, if I were just starting
out in photography today, I'd be a Canon shooter. There's just no way in
hell I would have bought a camera that I could hold in my hands and walk
out the door with right there on the spot.
The hell of it is, I keep seeing all these great deals on Canon and
Nikon bodies in classifieds (e.g., a lightly used 7D for $850) and but
for my complete lack of compatible glass, I'd be sorely tempted to
change systems. I simply can't afford the investment. So, for the time
being, barring some manner of financial windfall, I remain a Pentaxian.
I love my cameras, but I sure wish my brand loyalty were being
reciprocated with some degree of availability.
-- Walt
On 12/20/2012 4:27 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
I went over to Costco this afternoon to buy my 2013 supply of toilet
tissue.
They had a big mound of Nikon D600 kits (two lenses - 24-85 & 70-300 +
some wireless plugin device) that caught my eye.
I browsed around a bit & there were other Nikons DSLRs, bridge cameras
(those things that look like a DSLR, but don't have interchangeable
lenses) & point 'n shoots.
Ditto for Canon & Sony.
It was pretty obvious Costco was selling them. A guy was restocking one
the mounds of the Canon DSLR kits while I was there.
No Pentax K-01, K-5 (any flavor), K-30 or WG-1 kits in the store.
Nothing to suggest Pentax even exists anymore, much less that Costco
actually sells them.
I just don't understand how Pentax can expect to attract new users
without cameras in the stores to attract buyers to the Pentax brand.
I was really tempted by the D600 kit. American Express upped my credit
limit last month. The only thing that really held me back was my
determination not to make ANY major purchase before 2013. Plus I really
do want to wait & see if Pentax will introduce a camera I want to buy.
I waited a long time for Pentax to finally introduce the *ist-D. I can
probably wait a bit longer to see if they will ever introduce another
camera I want to buy.
I just don't know if I'm going to live that long.
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