RE: Australian Pentax Market Penetration
I agree, although Photo Continental in Brisbane has a titanium finish Pentax zoom sitting on the shelf at the moment. Unfortunately, not many people working in camera stores seem to know much about the equipment they are selling. I have heard the base grade Canon being recommended over the Pentax MZ-50 on the basis that This is the brand that a lot of professionals use. And I have heard a salesperson lose a sale because a customer felt the cost of a telephoto lens put the equipment out of their reach, when a secondhand Pentax lens at $150 (Australian) sitting on the shelf would have made the choice for them and clinched the deal. Peter Jesser Brisbane, Australia From: John Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Australian Pentax Market Penetration Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 18:40:50 +1000 It's hard to see how Pentax could fare well, when many dealers allocate far less shelf space to Pentax than Nikon or Canon, and when the only lens you see offered in the deal is a Sigma consumer zoom, with a couple of Sigma or Tamron zooms also shown alongside _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Australian Pentax Market Penetration
Thank God for my son in Hong Kong, otherwise I would not have been able to justify buying my recent acquisitions. Still one of the cheapest place to buy if you know where. :) regards, Alan Chan _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Australian Pentax Market Penetration
Things are different here in Canada. When I bought my MZ-S in Edmonton, the salesman said, Would you like a 31 Limited with that?. Here in Victoria, Kerrisdale Camera call themselves Pentax specialists, and they have a big transparency of an MZ-S on their lighted storefront sign, while Lens Shutter has a picture of an MZ-5n on a lightbox in their window. There's even a Victoria Pentax Club, although it's not very large. Could this be Pentaxia? Pat White - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Australian Pentax Market Penetration
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Alan Chan wrote: Thank God for my son in Hong Kong, otherwise I would not have been able to justify buying my recent acquisitions. Still one of the cheapest place to buy if you know where. :) ...and a very expensive place if you don't know where to go... dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net To err is human, to repent, divine, to persist, devilish. -- Benjamin Franklin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Australian Pentax Market Penetration
On Fri, 1 Feb 2002 09:39:45 +1000 John Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I should also say thank you to Dave for pointing me in the direction of the (seemingly) only serious Pentax dealer in Hong Kong! Which is? Kevin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Australian Pentax Market Penetration
Kevin: Quoted from Dave O'Briens message... I saw one on Hong Kong side: Pacific Place in Admiralty. I don't remember the name of the store, but there's only two likely places in there. Possibly Universal Audio/Video. It's on the ground floor in there. Good hunting! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia On Friday, February 01, 2002 9:37 AM, Kevin Waterson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: On Fri, 1 Feb 2002 09:39:45 +1000 John Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I should also say thank you to Dave for pointing me in the direction of the (seemingly) only serious Pentax dealer in Hong Kong! Which is? Kevin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Australian Pentax Market Penetration
I would hazard a guess that, out or the 35% of the pentax 35mm, 90% would have been point-and-shoot, If the SLR figure was taken out, i somehow doubt Pentax would fare well against Nikon or Canon Quite agree. When I asked about the Z-1p few years ago in Melbourne downtown, none of the dealers were willing to spend much time with me, until I showed them the FA*24/2 and the FA*85/1.4 that they had never seen. They didn't even know these lenses had existed. regards, Alan Chan _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
