on 8/20/03 9:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Pal posted: > >> My point isn't really if one like it or not. My point is whether one likes it > sufficiently > better than, say, the D10 in order not to buy a Canon instead. I'm sure many > people will > if they are able to handle it.... > > So the main problem then is the same as usual. If they'll get the damn thing > INTO STORES in places other than just NY (for the States; I don't know how > rare > Pentaxes are in other countries) there'll be hope. > > If, as usual, they aren't visible to the casual shopper, what hope is there? > > > > ERN > still ticked that no store in San Antonio carries the Optio 550 > (thanks again Jose R for the Austin > tip) > > AND, it is not just camera stores. Best Buy, Office Max, CompUSA, and other office and/or computer stores have quite a stock of digital cameras. Presumably they catch the casual shopper looking for a computer peripheral rather than the photographer looking for a new camera. I have not seen any Pentax penetration of that market, either in the stores or the catalogs or web sites.
Stan
