I can't disagree with you at all, Bob.
I've never been disappointed with any of my Pentax purchases since I got
my K-x. I meant it when I said I truly love my gear. It's just that it's
difficult to evangelize on behalf of the brand when you're forced to
tell people, "Well, you can't get it in stores. You're just going to
have to take my word for it: They're great cameras, and you won't find a
better value." Just the other night, I was trying to push the K-30 on a
guy who is an aspiring nature photographer who wants to take photos of
waterfowl from a blind. I ticked off its advantages and the prices
compared to similarly-appointed bodies from Canon and Nikon, but I just
can't see an aspiring photographer taking the plunge on a mail-order
camera without the benefit of someone giving him pointers on how the
thing works.
And I can't help thinking the brand suffers from this lack of
availability at brick-and-mortar outlets, and that the brand can only
stand so much suffering before it finally succumbs to market forces and
a shrinking pool of devotees.
Sure, it's a piddling thing to get worked into a lather over, but it
does concern me. I like being a Pentax shooter, and I'd like to be one
for good. I'm not concerned about full-frame bodies and bleeding-edge
technology so much as being able to count on the brand's existence in
the long term. I just don't see how they can win over neophytes and
converts without at least some corporeal presence at the point of sale.
-- Walt
On 12/20/2012 5:33 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
John (and Walt too),
This forum is my substitute for holding a new Pentax in my hands.
I've bought everything mail order, sight unseen.
That's a *ist DS, K-10, K-20, K-7, K-5 & K-5IIs.
Once you are locked in by the investment in lenses, you're locked in.
You go for the best price you can. And that's mail-order,
even 5 years ago when the *ist D was in local camera shops.
You're a hobbyist, not a pro.
What do you NEED to do with that new camera that you can't do right now?
No seriously, how is your current camera/lens holding you back!
Stop falling for all the marketing hype and just shoot some pictures.
Photography is a hard business to make money in.
The successful ones I've seen are better salesmen than photographers.
So just get over it...or wait for Godfrey's
'After the World's End Sale Days'.
Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 4:27 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> 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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