CR Kennedy the Australian Pentax distributor has told me the first shipment is due early November and will probably be sold out before it arrives. :(
I need to talk my wife into letting me pre order..... James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 12:27 PM Subject: Re: popphoto.com k10D > Paul, > > I agree with you 110% The camera hasn't even been seen at the show in its > final form, much less shipped, yet the nay-sayers are starting to appear. > Hey, complain if you've got something to complain about - I'm with you > 100%. But to complain before the fact seems like just another form of > mental masturbation, like the speculation on the configuration of the yet > unannounced, most likely mythical, K1000D, or the postulating on the > configuration of the K200D. > > Sheesh, for now take some pleasure and pride in what Pentax is trying to > do > here, that the camera is ore a leader than anything Pentax has produced in > a long time, accept that the company may never really compete with Canon > in > terms of numbers, enjoy the concept of forwards and backwards lens > compatibility, check out the camera when it arrives in your area, and > decide if it's worthwhile for you. > > I love Greywolf's comment that Pentax seems to be improving, but that it's > not much at all. To me, that they seem to be improving is quite a lot - > improvement is always good. Too bad a little at a time isn't good enough > for Mr. Greywolf. > > Thank god Herb Chong has left the list ... we'd be swamped in negativism. > > Shel > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Paul Stenquist > >> Then again, you might both be completely wrong. You offer this as >> fact. But it's merely more negative conjecture. Let's save the >> complaints until the problems occur. B&H told me that they've been >> promised a large shipment. Pentax may have been building cameras for >> quite some time. Save the whining for a time when it's justified. > > >> graywolf wrote: >> >> > There will be plenty available in Japan. The rest of us >> > will have to accept what ever trickle they allot. Nothing >> > anyone says about Pentax's >> > marketing can be more negative than the reality, that has >> > always been their number one problem. It seems to be >> > improving, but that is not saying much at all. > > >> On 15/09/06, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Also I kind of suspect that there will be lots of similar cameras >>> shown at Photokina. That makes Pentax's lead time, what, two weeks? > >> Let's not go bursting the bubble Graywolf, I say the fun will start >>> when it finally ships. My prediction is that demand will outstrip >>> supply by about 10:1 and supply will be the next hot subject in all >>> the forums that are now buzzing about the release. Call me negative >>> like Tom, I don't give a @%#$. > > > > -- > 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
