Walt, I think the best revenge is posting outstanding photos shot with a Pentax camera and lens. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Walt <ldott...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
