On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 06:29:59PM -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > You've made an interesting point, perhaps without even realizing it. It's > quite possible that JCO and others have never bought any new Pentax gear. > It's also quite possible that many of the others who are protesting and > making noise many not have bought any new Pentax gear, or perhaps just a > few items. A lot of us, in order to be able to support our habit and our > hobby, have purchased much of our gear on the used market. > > I've been a Pentax user since around 1967-68, and have bought only five new > cameras and maybe about the same number of new lenses. > > I know one person on the list for whom the K10D will be their first new > Pentax. But, he has also bought a couple-three new Pentax lenses, and some > accessories.
Since 1972 I've bought eight new cameras (plus one used one), and around the same number of new lenses (and as many again used lenses). All my really expensive glass (200 & 300 f2.8, 80-200 & 250-600 zooms) I've bought used. All the bodies (except for the backup MX) have been bought new, usually in the first few weeks the camera was available. I like the new DA* lenses, which means I'll probably be spending more on new Pentax glass in the next year than I've spent in the previous 35. So if the goal is to get into my wallet for new lenses, I'd have to say that the plan is working. And yes, I'm one of those who won't be buying a K10D immediately; I'll be waiting until the DA* lenses get released. Based on past history, this might get me a slight break on the price. But, there again, I've paid early adopter prices for a Super Program, PZ-1p, MZ-S and *ist-D; taking just the *ist-D alone Pentax (and Adorama) got $400 more from me than somebody who bought the same camera just a few months later. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
