When i ordered my K10D, Henrys in Newmarket did not even have a sample camera. It came in about 3 weeks later, and all of the salesmen were actually exited to see it. They had a hands on look, gave it to me and one said, lucky B*(^^tard.:-)
I do see them on the shelfs at the store but off to the side, the Nikon and Canon right in the centre. Dave On 9/5/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
