Originally posted by swanlefitte Thought the canadians would throw shade on pentax as soon as they worked for dpr. They used to like Pentax.
True. There is also the fact that after their (TCSTV) original K-3 review they started really pounding on Pentax. The Pentax K-30 got one of the best TCSTV ratings and even promoted it over Sony.
I have been to the TCS store a few times over the years and the store is known for good service but their distane for Pentax was progressively evident over the years. The Pentax displays moved around and into more obscure locations you wouldn't normally look for a camera. Also something not so good happened between TCS and Sigma when it comes to the cameras to the point that Sigma would no longer send TCS any test units.
No problem with Henry's, Vistek, or Lens & Shutter stores. They went out of their way to supply me Pentax and Sigma gear and usually at a better price and service.
Something happened between Pentax and TCS just after the original K-3 review and the fact that Jordan was the only one that liked the K-1 and it's not a video centric camera (head scratch?).
One thing that did occur to me this that TCS probably made less money from selling more reliable and useful Pentax products and they are all about their "Public Image" and they need a villain to fight against and guess who became the scape goat?