On 30/12/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know what the international numbers are, but locally Pentax > is definitely taking a bigger piece of the pie than ever before. All > local camera stores are now selling the K cameras. Very few of them > sold the *ist series cameras. One of the largest stores squeezed down > their Nikon and Canon display area and added a Pentax area of equal > size. I was in there yesterday to purchase a new printer and asked > about the Petnax sales. The counterman I talked to said they were > selling very well and that the Canon rep had complained about the > loss of shelf space.
I don't deny the K10D cameras are selling well and the trend seems to be world wide given anecdotal accounts however what this current spurt of activity will mean to Pentax long term is very difficult to predict given their recent news. As I said time will tell, Pentax is still a couple of magnitudes smaller as a company than Canon, this will change after the merger however they will still be relatively small and potentially vulnerable. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
