Every time I go to Central Camera on Wabash here in Chicago, the guys behind the counter always say the same thing: "You're the only Pentax shooter in Chicago!" Makes me giggle, but it's also sad too. The K5 is a fantastic camera. It should be selling like hot cakes in camera stores. Cheers, Christine
On Nov 17, 2012, at 7:23 PM, Tom C <caka...@gmail.com> wrote: >> From: Brian Walters <apathy...@lyons-ryan.org> >> >> Quoting John Francis <jo...@panix.com>: >> >>> So I'm in Austin this week, visiting family (and finishing off >>> with a trip to the Circiuit of the Americas for the US Grand Prix). >>> >>> It's a bit disheartening - I'm surrounded by Nikons & Canons (at >>> least for the folks who aren't using their iPhone cameras). I have >>> only seen one other Pentax, and that was a 6x7. >> >> >> That, sadly, is the way of the world these days. Even the two mates I >> lunch with once a month insist on bringing their Canons. It's enough >> to make me choke on the second glass of Shiraz... >> >> There also seem to be a few Ebay sellers lately who are divesting >> themselves of all of their Pentax gear because they are 'changing >> systems'. It was through one of these sellers that I recently got a >> Tamron AF 90mm macro to replace my old MF version. >> >> -- >> Cheers >> >> Brian > > Despite our familiarity with the brand, Pentax has at best, 2% market > share in the DSLR arena. You can do the the arithmetic and figure how > many Pentax's you'll see vs. other brands. > > They're being eclipsed in every category of camera at the moment. No > FF, no higher MP APS-C to compete with C/N, no EVIL or ILC to be taken > seriously, no high end larger sensor compact. If/when they do, guess > what, a year or two's worth of potential customer has already > purchased another brand, and are no longer in the market. > > You can't find their DSLR's here in the USA at the major retail chains > where many first time buyers are likely to shop, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, > Costco, Sams (at least not that I've been able to observe). Of course > they're available online or at brick & mortar camera stores, but not > where masses of people see them and think 'Wow, I'd like to have one > of those' when they walk by. > > Tom C. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
