It could be worse, the last full service shop, within reasonable driving distance, carries Pentax. There's one salesman in particular who while perfictly willing to show you a K10d K100d etc., makes a point that he's sold x number of them but, y number were returned by unhappy customers, (never mentions exactly why they were unhappy though). Last time I was there I got to handle a K10D. I was impressed. I got to compare it too a both Nikon D200 a D80 and a Canon Rebal XTI, (They were out of the posher Canons at the time). I was still impressed especially for the price. However while he didn't try to push the other brands as he knows I have a raft of Pentax Glass, he still had to make a point of those unhappy customers. I've decided to buy the K10D from B&H...
Brendan MacRae wrote: > So, after my fruitless search for the 16-50mm f2.8 > over the last coupe of days (except for the 5 > available from the guy in Tokyo on eBay, for > $1,185.00US), I decided to take a deep breath and not > worry about it for now. > > I took a drive down to a "local" camera shop in > Sacramento to pick up a couple white background rolls > and listen to the radio on the way. > > At some point I was reminded about this months' issue > of Outdoor Photographer. In it, they reviewed the K10D > touting its "unique" Foveon X3 chip (see inset, pg. > 92). Suddenly, those old feelings of being abused > crept back into my head drowning out Boston's "More > than a feeling." > > I got to the shop and found my rolls of Arctic White > 53" x 36' I was needing. I took a look around and > wasn't suprised to see everything but Pentax on the > shelves. So, I asked one of the salesmen, "Do you guys > carry any new Pentax stuff?" > > "No, sorry. You must be one of the last people to > still shoot Pentax." > > "Hum, that's a damn shame," I said, "if you did I buy > one of their new lenses from you." I thought my point > was obvious. > > "Well, only about 1 in a 1000 people ever ask about > Pentax anymore," he said as if his math were valid. > > "That may be, but some of their new gear is quite > good, ya know," I said not knowing that he really > didn't know and was even less interested in what I was > about to say. "The K10D has been making some waves and > they have some great new lenses coming out for it." > > "Well, I don't know anthing about it, I haven't read > any of the reviews on it, and I don't make those > decisions anyway the owner does. There's a lot of > great gear out there that we don't carry." At that > point he handed me the charge slip to sign and I took > my yellow copy and left. > > It's a sad thing though. I really used to get such a > kick out of going to camera stores. Not so much > anymore. > > -Brendan > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit > the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. > http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ > > -- Remember, it’s pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
