I'm sure what you say is true. That hasn't changed the fact that most pros don't shoot Pentax. I didn't say I was a pro BTW, I was only speaking to my way of thinking. If I was making my living from photography and I needed something now, I would want it now, not later.
Of course this issue of supply-demand-Pentax has been discussed how many times on this list in the past 7 years? :-) Tom C. "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered." >From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: K10D - More News >Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:25:47 -0400 > >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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
