anyone talk to dealers at Photokina?

[kenyee]

Just wondering if Thom is full of it as usual or it's just confirmation of what we've been seeing anecdotally at US dealers:

Photokina 2008 Commentary by Thom Hogan

# Pentax (1). Dealers in the US I've talked to all seem to say the same thing: "as soon as the current inventory is gone I'm out of the Pentax business." Thus, the "weather the storm" K-M offering is likely to be available in fewer stores when it eventually appears, putting it under even more pressure. Pentax seems to have missed several possible market shifts (video, for instance), too. So they've got some catching up to do, yet seem in hunkered down mode. That doesn't sound like a good place to be to me. Apparently there will be no FX Pentax; the K20D and K200D will get generational changes in mid-2009, and the 645D is back on the development board (what's with the "everyone wants to be in MF trend?").