Quoting Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm sure all this true but it gets pretty circular. Aside from market > momentum, one of the reasons most pros don't use Pentax may be because > they'd have to order it.
Took me 6 months to get my D200. Worth every day. Dave > > If my income depended on my having the right equipment at the right time, > I'd go with a brand where I was pretty sure I could walk in and instantly > purchase whatever lens, accessory, backup body I needed at the time. > > Tom C. > > "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or > numbered." > > > > >> From: "Aaron Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: K10D - More News >> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 19:11:00 -0400 >> >> John -- this does not change the fact that the store could order it and >> have it in a few days. Like I said, the reason you have no Pentax pro >> glass for sale is that you ordered no Pentax pro glass. All you have done >> below is to list the very sensible reasons that your store has not ordered >> any. >> >> -Aaron >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subj: Re: K10D - More News >> Date: Sat Aug 5, 2006 7:19 pm >> Size: 986 bytes >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> >> > While you're right that pro representation is slim, your store doesn't >> have >> > the glass because your store didn't order the glass -- end of story. >> >> We've had high-end Pentax glass many times in the past, and all it's ever >> done >> is sit there, gathering dust. >> >> I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, which is a very affluent part of the >> world. Through my job, I've met dozens upon dozens of pro photographers. >> I >> have yet to meet ONE who uses Pentax (it sucks to have to pretend to like >> Canon, by the way), even though the majority of them could afford >> pro-quality >> outfits if they wanted to. Other high-end stores I've been to in the area >> have >> had similar experiences. If I ask why they don't have higher-end Pentax >> lenses, they all tell me they just don't sell. No exceptions. >> >> It's unfortunate, but that's the market. You want pro equipment, you go >> Canon >> or Nikon. >> >> John Celio >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > Equine Photography in York Region -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
