Thought I'd look into the purchase of the K-7. Won't be able to afford
it until October or later, but figured I'd start looking around.
I talked to the owners of one of the two local independent camera
dealers I usually shop; the one that was still a Pentax "dealer".
Well, he's not any more.
He told me Pentax wouldn't take his orders. He wasn't a high enough
volume dealer. And apparently, that's why the other independent dropped
Pentax, Pentax stopped filling his orders - although that happened
around the time the K10D debuted.
So it don't look like the K-7 is in my future from that source. Well,
let's see who else might carry it.
According to the Pentax web site, the only "dealers" in or around my zip
code that have Pentax DSLRs available are Wally World or Scam's Club (5
Walmarts & 2 Sam's clubs listed - not IN, but around).
I don't shop there, but I thought I'd take a look and see if they really
had the K-7 ... or ANY Pentax cameras.
NOPE. Never heard of 'em! Got 10MP Canon Rebel kits and 6.1MP Nikon D-40
kits.
Wally World dot com has the K200D body and the K2000 w/18-55 OR a bundle
of either plus an AF540FGZ. In the fine print it says "Special Buy",
"Online" and "Not Sold in Stores".
The only mention of the K-7 Wally World dot com is a sponsored link that
takes you to Pentax's "Official Site".
Wolf Camera - Fritz Camera ain't got it, and ain't gonna get it before
they go out of business.
So I guess I'll have to see what B&H or Adorama are offering when the
time comes. Or maybe I'll just put it all on E-bay and switch to Nikon,
since I can still get those locally.
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