Re: [pdml] Discontinuement of Film SLR bodies
Actually, there has been stuff here on the list off and on about this. Apparently in certain countries the distributors have decided to no longer carry some or all of Pentax's film slr's. As far as I know that has not happened in any country where Pentax owns the distributorship. However, I have no recent (4 months) infomation about this issue (Quite frankly I don't seem to have the energy to keep up with things these days). graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- David Chang-Sang wrote: This has been discussed (at least with me) by Aaron (former list member and one of the original "brotherhood" members) :D and if there is more than one person stating this, it may be some sort of confirmation of this being more than just a "rumour". Aaron had asked me if I had seen or heard about this rumour on the list but I had seen diddly - apparently though, it appears its not just one person up here in Canada who has heard this but also your local camera shop owner down in the states. Just my 2 cents (which is not worth 2 cents really.. more like.. 0.5 cents) :) Cheers Dave -Original Message- From: Michael T. Foulkes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 12:43 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: [pdml] Discontinuement of Film SLR bodies I was down at the local camera shop the other day and the owner told me that Pentax was planning on discontinuing all of their film based SLR's. She said the information came not from her sales rep but from another shop owner who is apparently more "plugged in" to what's going on. Anyone else heard about this? I'm new to the list, but I did check the archives and couldn't find anything. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.5 - Release Date: 2/3/2005
Re: [pdml] Discontinuement of Film SLR bodies
Interesting observation I made while working in the photo shop today: We're now selling more black & white film (Tri-X, TMAX 400 and 100 and a bit of 3200) than color film. This is because sales of color film have dropped off precipitously and sales of B&W have gone up a little. We're one of only two shops in Pittsburgh where you can get non-C41 black & white (none of the serious photographers or students will consider Ritz ) so we're getting a lot of photo student business, being near to Carnegie-Mellon University, Carlow College and the University of Pittsburgh, as well as Pittsburgh Filmmakers, an independent film and photography outfit. Single-use cameras represent about 1/3 of our lab's volume. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
RE: [pdml] Discontinuement of Film SLR bodies
This has been discussed (at least with me) by Aaron (former list member and one of the original "brotherhood" members) :D and if there is more than one person stating this, it may be some sort of confirmation of this being more than just a "rumour". Aaron had asked me if I had seen or heard about this rumour on the list but I had seen diddly - apparently though, it appears its not just one person up here in Canada who has heard this but also your local camera shop owner down in the states. Just my 2 cents (which is not worth 2 cents really.. more like.. 0.5 cents) :) Cheers Dave > -Original Message- > From: Michael T. Foulkes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 12:43 PM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: [pdml] Discontinuement of Film SLR bodies > > > I was down at the local camera shop the other day and the owner told me > that Pentax was planning on discontinuing all of their film based > SLR's. She said the information came not from her sales rep but from > another shop owner who is apparently more "plugged in" to what's going > on. Anyone else heard about this? > > I'm new to the list, but I did check the archives and couldn't find > anything. > > > >