Re: Pentax and the Future
Hi Tom, I feel your frustration. Madison is the closest place for us to find gear. I have no current aspirations to go pro, so the semi-pro gear is just fine. But, without a viable marketing program, I wonder how their semipro gear will survive. Even their p/s stuff is hard to find around here.
But, I'm a diehard so will stick around as long as my cameras last.
Re: Pentax and the Future
In the past few weeks I have convinced three people to buy Pentax DSLRs.In my city there are several locations selling the k-r, k-x and k5.I have confidence that Ricoh will do their best to keep the Pentax brand alive.
I talked to several store managers that stopped carrying Pentax. They said they had strong consumer demand for the product but the Canadian Pentax marketting division was not serving them so they dropped the Pentax products. I can only speculate that marketting issues were a product of the fact that Pentax has been between owners for too long.
Ricoh has a lot to gain from preserving Pentax. Pentax has a huge following of satisfied customers that have bonded with their cameras over the past several decades. Those past patrons of Pentax will look fondly towards Ricoh if they do a better job than Hoya did.
Re: Pentax and the Future
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Oldhippy
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Ricoh has a lot to gain from preserving Pentax. Pentax has a huge following of satisfied customers that have bonded with their cameras over the past several decades. Those past patrons of Pentax will look fondly towards Ricoh if they do a better job than Hoya did.
Plus one
Pete