On Apr 10, 2013, at 2:47 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Darren Addy >> I don't think this has been discussed here yet but perhaps, given that >> this is the Pentax Discuss Mailing List, it is worthy list fodder: >> http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/features/an-interview-with-pentax-evp-jim-malcolm >> -- >> "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - >> Peter Galassi > > Not much good news there from my point of view. "Pentaxians" say they don't > want/need full frame. > > Plus a bunch of excuses why you can't find a retail store that carries Pentax > cameras. > Which excuses, BTW, don't square with what the guys who own the local camera > stores told me. > > They weren't offended by being put through to distribution. Pentax just > wouldn't accept their orders; not through the salesmen, not through > distribution. > > When I wanted to buy a K10D, the local dealer told me Pentax wouldn't accept > his order. That was a FIRM order with a cash deposit from the customer. > > The local dealer finally filled my order by ordering from B&H. I don't know > if he made any money on the sale or not, because his price was damn close to > B&H's price. > > And, at that time, Pentax's web-site was still showing him as a Pentax dealer. > > Since then he's occasionally taken some Pentax stuff in trade that I've > subsequently purchased (that's how I got my K20D) and he's still got a few > old accessories he hasn't consigned to eBay. But he no longer sells Pentax, > because Pentax won't sell to him.
Same story I got from my dealer in Kansas City. He was allowed to sell Pentax only if he had one or two each of everything Pentax made. stan -- 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.
