Rob wrote:
> Its like many things in life, its all about building a relationship with > a supplier. You can entice them with promises of what you offer, you > can demonstrate that you are up to the job by showing published work or > you can be famout enough that they approach you and try to butter you up > (such as Pentax did with Andy Rouse). Often all you have to do is buy > or suggest you might buy something ludicrously expensive which a > retailer would not sensibly stock... The 600mm that we had a PDML UK for > example. If you contacted Pentax looking to buy one, they probably > wouldn't send you to Jessops. Thats what I did. I had almost decided on a Nikon F5 and a 500/4 lens when I gave Pentax a call. I got an FA* 600/4 for about $4000. I used the rest of the money on a Pentax 645N system as I figured out that this system was not any larger or heavier than a Nikon F5 based system. Pål
