Originally posted by retired2007 please if I may ask a question, I have been with Pentax for a long time, at least 15yrs. been saving to get the k3 mark 3, and I am there, but now I nave been seeing quite a large number of articles on Pentax going under, dose anyone know ? anything about this if this is true or not.
if I buy will I still be able to get service?
would like to know, I see a lot of sales right now on a lot of different brands.
not mad, I really want the k3mark3, but don't want to get it if the company is going to be discontinued by the parent co. for profit.
thanks
The articles about Pentax's demise are clickbait ramblings from folks who have little knowledge not only of Pentax as a brand, but Pentax's very deliberate positioning of itself in the camera market. These are folks who conflate marketshare with success - a philosophy that killed Olympus as a camera manufacturer, caused Panasonic to partially retreat from the photography market, and put even mighty Nikon on unsteady ground for a while. Pentax has planted their flag firmly on the DSLR hill and have stated that is where they are making their stand, as a niche manufacturer working more closely with their customers than is usually found in the industry.
My one qualm about Pentax is their after-warranty service here in the US. I am on several brand-specific forums and have seen more
agita about Pentax repairs than any other brand. Not that Pentax gear is less reliable, but obtaining out-of-warranty service can be problematic. Either the repair is denied, or the item is shipped to Japan for service, leaving the owner up the proverbial creek for months. Of course, the likelihood of needing factory service for your gear is slight, unless you have some sort of mishap or it's simply been used so much that the cost of the repair would be greater than the value of the body or lens.