[Doundounba]

Hi all,

So it appears that Pentax has a small presence at PhotoPlus. I just wanted to point out that there is a photo salon here in Montreal this weekend, and that Pentax Ricoh Canada actually have a pretty nice booth!



The booth is fairly well-situated, and about the same size as the Panasonic booth which is right behind it. When I took this photo it was almost closing time and everything was winding down, so it seems a bit more quiet than it should. The booth is well stocked with cameras and lenses, including several K-3s running firmware 1.0. It was cool to hold a K-3! It's a pretty massive camera, at least for this K-01 shooter. I was told they should be in stores in about one week.

[Winder]

That is a respectable setup. I'm sure people will complain about Ricoh being the dominate name.

[bobmaxja]

My friends just bought the K-3 special edition including the battery extension for $1469
. He was able to test the K-3 with the Flu card and is Ipad . He was sold with the photo quality . He was going to buy a Nikon FF.
Now we can exchange lense

[jpzk]

My friends just bought the K-3 special edition including the battery extension for $1469
. He was able to test the K-3 with the Flu card and is Ipad . He was sold with the photo quality . He was going to buy a Nikon FF.
Now we can exchange lense

Nice to know that Montreal has the Pentax (Ricoh) brand promoted.

"Battery extension" .... was it the battery grip ?
Did he get good results with the FLU card ?

And, finally: where did he get the K3/battery ext. ? In Montreal ?

Thanks.

JP

[jpzk]

Hi all,

So it appears that Pentax has a small presence at PhotoPlus. I just wanted to point out that there is a photo salon here in Montreal this weekend, and that Pentax Ricoh Canada actually have a pretty nice booth!



The booth is fairly well-situated, and about the same size as the Panasonic booth which is right behind it. When I took this photo it was almost closing time and everything was winding down, so it seems a bit more quiet than it should. The booth is well stocked with cameras and lenses, including several K-3s running firmware 1.0. It was cool to hold a K-3! It's a pretty massive camera, at least for this K-01 shooter. I was told they should be in stores in about one week.

Montreal being the "metropolis", as it claims to be, should have more of those shows, especially when they include the Pentax camera brand.
This is one great piece of news for us "Québeckers" !
I couldn't help to notice a sign by Gosselin (left of the Pentax booth) ... they would probably carry Pentax, right?
Did you have the chance to ask where the K3 is available in Québec (province) and at what price?

Thanks for sharing.

JP

[bobmaxja]

Yes that the batteries grip , And Yes Gosselin was the sponsor of the show. , Yes Gosselin carries Pentax in all their store
The Flu Card wa s marveleous as he said to me and help him took final decison
He bought also few lenses from Sigma who have a large booths and quite a lot of peoples knowing their stuff

[derekkite]

Hi all,

So it appears that Pentax has a small presence at PhotoPlus. I just wanted to point out that there is a photo salon here in Montreal this weekend, and that Pentax Ricoh Canada actually have a pretty nice booth!



The booth is fairly well-situated, and about the same size as the Panasonic booth which is right behind it. When I took this photo it was almost closing time and everything was winding down, so it seems a bit more quiet than it should. The booth is well stocked with cameras and lenses, including several K-3s running firmware 1.0. It was cool to hold a K-3! It's a pretty massive camera, at least for this K-01 shooter. I was told they should be in stores in about one week.

A week. Good news.

[mike.hiran]

thanks for sharing - good stuff!

[Zygonyx]

The Flu Card wa s marveleous as he said to me and help him took final decison

Did he tell you what kind of functions this Flucard system includes, and how about images transfer speed ?

[Lucky-Luc]

Wish I attended, but I had to help my brother daughter with a pregnency shooting.

[Doundounba]

I couldn't help to notice a sign by Gosselin (left of the Pentax booth) ... they would probably carry Pentax, right?
Did you have the chance to ask where the K3 is available in Québec (province) and at what price?

Yes, as someone else mentioned, Gosselin sponsored the show. There's some weird politics going on with camera stores in Montreal, I think, because Canon was absent from the show, and this weekend Lozeau (the largest camera dealer in Montreal) is having a Canon event at their store. Also, Lozeau made no promotion for the K-3 whatsoever, just quietly adding it to the "newly released" section of their Web site without any top banner (whereas they had banners for the Sony A7, Nikon D610 and others).

The Pentax rep I spoke to seemed very knowledgeable. He told me he does shows and is also in charge of training sales people on new Pentax models - nice job! Since I was asking about the 4k-timelapse feature on the K-3, he pulled out a tablet and showed me a beautiful timelapse of aurora borealis (northern lights) that he shot in with a K-5 in Northern Ontario. At the show, I was quoted the standard $1299 for the K-3 body. But if I really wanted one, I might order from Royal Photo. The K-3 isn't even listed on their Web site yet, but I went into their Maisonneuve location this week and asked for a quote, and was told $1219, body only. The guy had no clue (didn't even know it's not released yet) and the (small) store had no Pentax presence that I saw, but the price is good!

[mamethot]

Wish I attended, but I had to help my brother daughter with a pregnency shooting.

Wish I attended, but I had to help my wife deliver this lovely little girl



Too bad the K-3 will be one week late to the show...

[jpzk]

Yes, as someone else mentioned, Gosselin sponsored the show. There's some weird politics going on with camera stores in Montreal, I think, because Canon was absent from the show, and this weekend Lozeau (the largest camera dealer in Montreal) is having a Canon event at their store. Also, Lozeau made no promotion for the K-3 whatsoever, just quietly adding it to the "newly released" section of their Web site without any top banner (whereas they had banners for the Sony A7, Nikon D610 and others).

The Pentax rep I spoke to seemed very knowledgeable. He told me he does shows and is also in charge of training sales people on new Pentax models - nice job! Since I was asking about the 4k-timelapse feature on the K-3, he pulled out a tablet and showed me a beautiful timelapse of aurora borealis (northern lights) that he shot in with a K-5 in Northern Ontario. At the show, I was quoted the standard $1299 for the K-3 body. But if I really wanted one, I might order from Royal Photo. The K-3 isn't even listed on their Web site yet, but I went into their Maisonneuve location this week and asked for a quote, and was told $1219, body only. The guy had no clue (didn't even know it's not released yet) and the (small) store had no Pentax presence that I saw, but the price is good!

$1219 is indeed a very good price for a camera that is still in "pre-order" mode.

I don't know Royal Photo, but I do know Gosselin and Lozeau.
I would certainly think of an excuse to travel to Québec City at Gosslin ... Montréal being a tad far for me.

Thanks.

JP

[kricha6431]

That is one CUTE little fella! Maybe she'll be a Pentaxian!

[mamethot]

Of course, daddy's girl will be!