Pentax in the USA doesn't seem to offer service to anyone. I stopped in at the a local camera store that used to have at least three ZX models on display and found none. No ZX-5n no ZX-M not even a ZX-30. Seems that their Pentax rep. has retired and hasn't been replaced. I asked if there was any possibility that they would get a MZ-S in and the manager just laughed, he can't even get things he orders. The Canon rep. spent a Saturday there just a few weeks before demonstrating all of their current products. It gets better though I walked across the street to their competition. The Nikon rep. was there showing all of Nikons current offerings. I got to handle an FM3 with the new 45mm on it. A very solid feeling little package. With a marketing strategy like that it's no wonder that Pentax is becoming an unknown. I'm sure that Honeywell did a better job of servicing accounts.
At 10:25 AM 2/22/2002 +0100, you wrote: >Bill wrote: > > >>My guess would be that Pentax can't/won't go to the expense of furnishing >>cameras, lenses, and support a la Nikon and Canon. They seem to be >>perfectly happy with their niche among knowledgeable and discriminating >>people like us :-) > > >This is indeed true - they don't offer service at major events like the >olympics. However, such photography is a small part of professional >photography. Otherwise, Pentax is indeed sponsoring professional (and some >not so professionals) either via good deals or simply equipment >sponsoring. It's no secret that Matthias Klum, who has shot a couple of >front pages for National Geographic the last few years, did not pay much >for his Pentax equipment. >So the myth that only Nikon and Canon offer professional service is mostly >just a myth. Pentax may not pursue the professionals but if you are one, >particularly a high-profile one, making a phone call to Pentax may make >you good deals and speeded service to fit your professional needs. BTW In >Japan, Pentax have professional service centers where registered users get >free loaning equipment while theirs are at service. > > >P�l >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
