Re: Luminous Landscape mentions Pentax in their Photoplus, show roundup

2011-11-06 Thread John Sessoms
From: "Ken Waller" I'd say the vast majority of potential camera buyers are not near enough to a trade show like this to attend, so from that standpoint this issue is a non starter. It's Pentax's availability at retail outlets that should be a concern for Pentax. Their trade show presence is a

Re: Luminous Landscape mentions Pentax in their Photoplus show roundup

2011-11-04 Thread Ken Waller
hotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "John Sessoms" Subject: RE: Luminous Landscape mentions Pentax in their Photoplus show roundup From: "P. J. Alling" Unfortunately not in a really good way. http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays

Re: Luminous Landscape mentions Pentax in their Photoplus show roundup

2011-11-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Christine Nielsen wrote: >Ouch. That's disappointing. But sums up nicely my nagging concerns >about Pentax as a brand... And I have a beautiful new k-5 in my camera >bag, so I'm not *that* concerned... But as someone invested in the >product, I find this lack of participation aggravating. This

Re: Luminous Landscape mentions Pentax in their Photoplus show roundup

2011-11-04 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > I'd say the vast majority of potential camera buyers are not near enough to > a trade show like this to attend, so from that standpoint this issue is a > non starter. > It's Pentax's availability at retail outlets that should be a concern for >

Re: Luminous Landscape mentions Pentax in their Photoplus show roundup

2011-11-04 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 12:56:22PM -0400, Ken Waller wrote: > I'd say the vast majority of potential camera buyers are not near > enough to a trade show like this to attend, so from that standpoint > this issue is a non starter. > It's Pentax's availability at retail outlets that should be a > conc

RE: Luminous Landscape mentions Pentax in their Photoplus show roundup

2011-11-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: "P. J. Alling" Unfortunately not in a really good way. http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/pdn_photoplus_roundup_.shtml Last paragraph. I hope their lackluster performance at this trade show was just due to bad timing because of the Ricoh acquisition. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Luminous Landscape mentions Pentax in their Photoplus show roundup

2011-11-04 Thread Christine Nielsen
Ouch. That's disappointing. But sums up nicely my nagging concerns about Pentax as a brand... And I have a beautiful new k-5 in my camera bag, so I'm not *that* concerned... But as someone invested in the product, I find this lack of participation aggravating. -c On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 1:51 AM,

Re: Luminous Landscape mentions Pentax in their Photoplus show roundup

2011-11-03 Thread Brian Walters
On Friday, November 04, 2011 12:51 AM, "P. J. Alling" wrote: > Unfortunately not in a really good way. > > http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/pdn_photoplus_roundup_.shtml > > Last paragraph. Well, at least they liked the cameras Cheers Brian ++ Bri