--- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
That's true. Plus, the K-series DSLR's are getting much more exposure in magazines and such to the point where Pentax isn't completely missing anymore. A few good reviews don't hurt either. -Brendan > 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 > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________Give spam the boot. Take control with tough spam protection in the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_html.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
