Back when Pentax was Pentax, according to some folk at a "Pro" camera store in Seattle, they shot themselves in the foot with a few bad decisions on how companies who sold Pentax for years would have to stock the whole line, or bye bye. All but the true camera stores either dropped the line, or bought elsewhere, not directly from Pentax USA, to stock the models they felt were what their customers would buy.
Second hand knowledge, but it sounded like that's the reason they dropped the LX, the 645, and the 6x7 line, and therefor did not have any Pentax accessories other than new/old stock. That's why we all look to B&H and the other NYC catalog/magazine sellers, or eBay. Joseph On Nov 17, 2012, at 17:45 , Christine Aguila wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> From: Brian Walters <[email protected]> >>> >>> Quoting John Francis <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> 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 >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
