From: Sandy Harris
Graydon <[email protected]> wrote:
> So, yeah, I'm wrong on the "nobody but Sony" point. I don't think I'm
> wrong on the "dominant or crushing position" objective on Sony's part.
> Making Nikon help pay for it is just icing from Sony's point of view.
My guess is Sony's objective is to be one of the major players.
For example, almost every camera store carries N & C, but not all
have Pentax or Olympus. I've seen online advice that some buyers
should consider only N or C because they have the broadest range
of lenses and you can rent lenses for them easily. I'm not sure that
is correct and it is irrelevant to me anyway, but it is out there.
Sony want to be a major brand in DSLRs, competing with N & C.
I was in one of the few remaining Wolf (Ritz) Camera stores the other
day. It's between the library and the 10,000 Villages store where I
found a Christmas present for my niece, so I wandered in for a moment to
browse.
They had a fair stock of Nikon, Canon, Olympus and Sony DSLRs plus
lenses NCOS + Tokina & Quanteray.
Pentax was notably absent from the offerings, and Wolf used to be the
only chain camera store that carried them.
Took a quick look at the Wolf Camera website just now and they offer the
K7, K200 and K2000 online ... "Usually ships in 1-2 business days"
(Canon, Nikon & Sony ship within 24 hours except for the A850 which is
still on order).
Supposedly Walmart stocks Pentax, but I've yet to see one, and that was
my only reason for going in there. And a quick check of th Walmart
website shows that all Pentax cameras are "! Not Sold In Stores"
The local CompUSA store (owned by Tiger Direct) had the white K-x in
stock a month ago.
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