Boris-
Penn Camera is dropping Pentax- I bought a DA 50-200 f4-5.6 there
last weekend for $150- the salesman said that was less than their price.
BTW- that is where I bought my K100D.
[While I have my hand up, what is the general opinion of the lens?]
Cheers
Mike
On Aug 11, 2009, at 8:03 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
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<[email protected]>
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
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