Australia may have been a testbed of sorts, there's now virtually no Pentax to be seen at bricks mortar stores or their on-lline portals. For some years they have been selling direct and they have an agent on eBay that often undercuts the buy price of retailers (product is direct shipped from the importers CRK). As a consequence they have largely faded into obscurity here.
On Fri, 21 Jan 2022 at 12:44, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > https://petapixel.com/2022/01/20/ricoh-to-stop-mass-producing-cameras-sell-direct-to-consumer-only/ > > As of April 1, 2022 (no fooling) Ricoh will stop selling Pentax and GR > branded cameras through the distribution network and will only sell through > their own website and branded stores. > > Meanwhile Petapixel had a review of the 21/2.4 saying it’s a great lens, it’s > too bad that the K-1 mkII sucks. > > -- > Larry Colen > [email protected] > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

