Most pros make a list of what they need, and when their suppliers' rep* stops in every month or so they hand it to him, and it arrives via Fed Ex in a few days. Oh? It doesn't work like that for you? Maybe you are not such a pro as you think you are. Suppliers determine whether you are a pro or not, by how much you order from them per year. Someplace around $100K/year you start getting that kind of service.
Humm...? Digital must be hurting those suppiers' business something fierce, as 50+% of that $100K was film. *Not to be confused with the manufactures rep who would only stop in if you were spending a mil or so with that particular company. Suppliers' Rep usually represent several companies, so you could order about anything you needed from them. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- Tom C wrote: > 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. > > 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
