Boris-
Penn Camera is dropping Pentax- I bought a DA 50-200 f4-5.6
there last weekend for $150- the salesman said that was less
than their price.
BTW- that is where I bought my K100D.
[While I have my hand up, what is the general opinion of
the lens?]
Cheers
Mike
On Aug 11, 2009, at 8:03 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
I went to Penn Camera some days ago (sounds odd,
doesn't it? ;-) ),
but Pentax was all but non-existent there. Few old
manual lenses in
the used gear department, nothing in the new gear
department. When
asked whether they had K-7 battery, the clerk
indicated that he had no
idea what I was talking about and asked for the part
number or some
such...
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:10 PM, John Celio<n...@neovenator.com>
wrote:
Yesterday at the SF stop of the Pentax K-7 Viral
Tour, someone asked why it
was so hard to find Pentax equipment in local
stores. One of the reps said
they were actively working to correct that, and
gave two heartening
examples.
1. Keeble & Shuchat, a big pro camera
shop in San Jose was now stocking the
K-7 and new lenses (a former coworker of mine who
works there now had told
me last winter they were dropping Pentax, so this
is a nice about-face), and
supposedly other camera shops are doing the
same. I suppose your local
mileage may vary, but this can only be a good sign
in general.
2. Fry's Electronics, a (mostly) west coast
chain of GIANT electronics
stores, is now carrying the K-7 and
accessories. This is awesome for a
couple reasons. First, in a recession, lots
of people go to places like
Fry's to find deals, so the K-7 will get a little
more exposure there.
Second, when the day comes that I can afford my
own K-7 (I have a K-7 poster
on the wall now as motivation), I'll be able to
buy it locally. I much
prefer that to ordering from the east coast.
John
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