I went to Penn Camera some days ago (sounds odd, doesn't it? ;-) ), but Pentax was all but non-existent there. Few old manual lenses in the used gear department, nothing in the new gear department. When asked whether they had K-7 battery, the clerk indicated that he had no idea what I was talking about and asked for the part number or some such...
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:10 PM, John Celio<n...@neovenator.com> wrote: > Yesterday at the SF stop of the Pentax K-7 Viral Tour, someone asked why it > was so hard to find Pentax equipment in local stores. One of the reps said > they were actively working to correct that, and gave two heartening > examples. > > 1. Keeble & Shuchat, a big pro camera shop in San Jose was now stocking the > K-7 and new lenses (a former coworker of mine who works there now had told > me last winter they were dropping Pentax, so this is a nice about-face), and > supposedly other camera shops are doing the same. I suppose your local > mileage may vary, but this can only be a good sign in general. > > 2. Fry's Electronics, a (mostly) west coast chain of GIANT electronics > stores, is now carrying the K-7 and accessories. This is awesome for a > couple reasons. First, in a recession, lots of people go to places like > Fry's to find deals, so the K-7 will get a little more exposure there. > Second, when the day comes that I can afford my own K-7 (I have a K-7 poster > on the wall now as motivation), I'll be able to buy it locally. I much > prefer that to ordering from the east coast. > > John > > -- > http://www.neovenator.com > http://www.cafepress.com/calemp > http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
