: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 14:47
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Subject: Re: Sometimes it's hard to shoot Pentax
Well, I don't know anthing about it, I haven't read any of
the reviews on it, and I don't make those decisions anyway
the owner does. There's a lot of great gear out
My store sends me out with bag/s with the stores name on it.
:-)
Cheers,
Dave
On 9/9/07, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
grin My local store that does stock some decent Pentax gear always
sends me out of the store with my stuff in a bag emblazoned with Nikon
on it.
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Best regards,
At least the places I go have bags emblazoned with the relatively
neutral Kodak.
Bruce Dayton wrote:
grin My local store that does stock some decent Pentax gear always
sends me out of the store with my stuff in a bag emblazoned with Nikon
on it.
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Subject: Re: Sometimes it's hard to shoot Pentax
Well, I don't know anthing about it, I haven't read any of
the reviews on it, and I don't make those decisions anyway
the owner does. There's a lot of great
An improvement over the NiCan hype, for sure.
Glen
On Sep 9, 2007, at 9:26 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
At least the places I go have bags emblazoned with the relatively
neutral Kodak.
Bruce Dayton wrote:
grin My local store that does stock some decent Pentax gear always
sends me out of the
From:
Bruce Dayton
grin My local store that does stock some decent Pentax gear always
sends me out of the store with my stuff in a bag emblazoned with Nikon
on it.
Probably for the best. You wouldn't want just any Tom, Dick or Harry
standing around outside to know you've just bought the good
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Subject: Re: Sometimes it's hard to shoot Pentax
Well, I don't know anthing about it, I haven't read any of
the reviews on it, and I don't make those decisions anyway
the owner does. There's a lot
When i ordered my K10D, Henrys in Newmarket did not even have a sample
camera. It came in about 3 weeks later, and all of the salesmen were
actually exited to see it. They had a hands on look, gave it to me and
one said, lucky B*(^^tard.:-)
I do see them on the shelfs at the store but off to the
From:
Tom C
Foveon X3 in K10D?
How 'bout full frame to boot? If'n you're gonna' go dreamin' ... might
as well dream big.
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Do you like green or red cabbage in yours?
Tom C.
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Don't forget Coles Law.
Yes.
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On 9/5/07, Malcolm Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I often
wonder - and I'm not saying this is the case here - if the squeeze is put on
by brand leaders and possibly as this may feature as the shops main income
from their sales, by them *implying* that stocking or promoting a rival
product
Actually, it was Pardees. I had called Camera Arts but
they were out of the white backgrounds.
I like Action Camera. I've given them a quite a bit of
business over the last year. I bought my supports, a
nice used 165mm f2.8 for the 67 and even ordered a new
center column for my Bogen through
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In the film days, I think Pentax and Nikon were the big draws. When
Canon came out with the
AE-1, they became a player. Minolta made its mark with the Maxxam AF
cameras. IMO, Pentax lost out with the SF series of AF cameras. Canon
EOS cameras were much better,
Brendan MacRae wrote:
Well, I don't know anthing about it, I haven't read any of
the reviews on it, and I don't make those decisions anyway
the owner does. There's a lot of great gear out there that we
don't carry. At that point he handed me the charge slip to
sign and I took my yellow
I could have guessed Pardees, Brendon. Just seemed to fit.
Jack
--- Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, it was Pardees. I had called Camera Arts but
they were out of the white backgrounds.
I like Action Camera. I've given them a quite a bit of
business over the last year. I
These are excellent comments, Brendan. You highlight many important
issues we Pentaxians face...and things we feel.
Regards,
Glen
On Sep 4, 2007, at 11:24 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote:
So, after my fruitless search for the 16-50mm f2.8
over the last coupe of days (except for the 5
available
Brendan MacRae wrote:
Well, I don't know anthing about it, I haven't read any of
the reviews on it, and I don't make those decisions anyway
the owner does. There's a lot of great gear out there that we
don't carry. At that point he handed me the charge slip to
sign and I took my yellow copy
Foveon X3 in K10D?
Tom C.
From: Glen Tortorella [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Sometimes it's hard to shoot Pentax Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007
09:35:51 -0400
These are excellent comments, Brendan
It could be worse, the last full service shop, within reasonable driving
distance, carries Pentax. There's one salesman in particular who while
perfictly willing to show you a K10d K100d etc., makes a point that he's
sold x number of them but, y number were returned by unhappy customers,
You spend a decade or two making ho-hum cameras, and that is what your market
image becomes. It is far harder to overcome a image like that than it is to
start from scratch.
Strangely, there is an immense amount of merchandising research results
published but I have found that most people
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Subject: Re: Sometimes it's hard to shoot Pentax Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007
09:35:51 -0400
These are excellent comments, Brendan. You highlight many important
issues we Pentaxians face...and things we feel.
Regards,
Glen
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Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:42:17 -0400
It could be worse, the last full service shop, within reasonable driving
distance, carries Pentax
Obviously I didn't believe that.
Tom C.
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Subject: Re: Sometimes it's hard to shoot Pentax
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:46:48 -0400
What, you believe everything you
Don't forget Coles Law.
Regards,
Bob...
Life isn't like a box of chocolates . .
it's more like a jar of jalapenos.
What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow.
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From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Do you like green or red cabbage in yours?
Tom C.
From: Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Don't forget Coles Law.
Regards,
Bob...
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From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What, you believe everything you read? Sturgeons law needs to be
updated, to 90% of everything on
Both!
Har!
Regards,
Bob...
Life isn't like a box of chocolates . .
it's more like a jar of jalapenos.
What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow.
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From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Do you like green or
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Subject: Re: Sometimes it's hard to shoot Pentax Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007
09:35:51 -0400
These are excellent comments, Brendan. You highlight many important
issues we Pentaxians face
Tasty with fish?
Bob Blakely wrote:
Don't forget Coles Law.
Regards,
Bob...
Life isn't like a box of chocolates . .
it's more like a jar of jalapenos.
What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow.
- Original Message
Well, I don't know anthing about it, I haven't read any of
the reviews on it, and I don't make those decisions anyway
the owner does. There's a lot of great gear out there that we
don't carry. At that point he handed me the charge slip to
sign and I took my yellow copy and left.
One
On Sep 5, 2007, at 12:46 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One of the local dealers was telling me that no Pentax field sales
representative had been in to see them in several years. ...
I would find that hard to believe. ...
I don't. I've done business with the folks in this shop for over a
Yea, yea, yea, finely sliced cabbage.
Bob Blakely wrote:
Don't forget Coles Law.
Regards,
Bob...
Life isn't like a box of chocolates . .
it's more like a jar of jalapenos.
What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow.
-
Hello Brendan,
Sounds like you went down to Camera Arts. Are you aware that Action
Camera in Roseville (my town) is an active Pentax dealer? Recently
when I was the first on the list to procure the 16-50/2.8, it was from
them. I put my name on the list - first guy I think, and they got one
of
In the film days, I think Pentax and Nikon were the big draws. When
Canon came out with the
AE-1, they became a player. Minolta made its mark with the Maxxam AF
cameras. IMO, Pentax lost out with the SF series of AF cameras. Canon
EOS cameras were much better, I believe. I am not as
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