Came across a small family-run camera shop last week,which is also a Pentax Pro centre in a very very very remote town in Wales,UK. Chatted to the owner for quite some time while trying different gears. He said the reason why he stocks Pentax is because Pentax UK will have absolutely no problem taking back any unsold stock,and also provides a lot of support to him even being a very small independent shop in a town of 2000 ppl. Nikon does that too,so he stocks a lot Nikon stuff.
Canon wont support him as much,so he completely shunted them out,doesnt stock them at all!!! Imagine a camera shop without Canon gears,have you ever seen one anywhere?? this man bravely does that!
He personally uses a Nikon camera,but he speaks highly of Pentax.Either genuine or just because Pentax offers him a big margin,im not too sure. The point im making here is that, by supporting small and independent camera shops like this one,both financially and in terms of latest gears,Pentax are doing these basic things right, being very level-headed and patiently waiting to hit the big time!
On a side note,I tried a Nikon D700 in his shop,very nice BUT It didnt WOW me the way i thought It would.Whats more, by his account,there is soon to be Nikon D80 replacement coming out,definitely before Xmas, priced between D300 and D60,which kind of explains why D300 price hasnt dropped.
Last edited by Snapshot12; 08-04-2008 at 08:03 PM.