I saw a TV ad for one of the Optio cameras. Isn't Pentax touting to the world that it's cameras are for the internet? Saw a guy using a Pentax 35mm P&S camera. I was quite surprised to see the Pentax logo on the camera body.
Jim A. > From: Dick Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:41:58 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Marketing > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:42:53 -0400 > > > As little as a year ago one could go into any discount electronic store and > purchase a Pentax 35mm compact or digital camera. Today, at least in the > upper mid-west, there are no such Pentax cameras to be found. You cannot > find a Pentax camera of any kind in Best Buy, Sams, Walmart or Target in my > region. Canon, Nikon, Konica/Minolta, Olympus, Fuji etc film and digital > cameras are stocked in these stores, but not our favorite brand. I would > assume that quite a few people purchase their compact film and digital > cameras in stores such as these. To find that Pentax is fast becoming a > non-player in these retail outlets has to be concerning. Along with that, > I haven't seen a Pentax aid on TV or in print in well over a year, maybe > longer. What in the world is USA Pentax doing to promote and sell the > brand? I also noted that on the new USA Pentax website that the MZ-S is no > longer offered. Three film slr's were listed, the ist, ZX-m, and > XZ-60. It's a shame that the MZ-S couldn't be made availabe for a little > longer. > > DG >
