Originally posted by CaymanImaging ... Great marketing idea, but they also need to start filling the top tier of cameras and lenes for that growing segment and MORE importantly, keep us advanced people and pros happy.
+1 ... not that I'd consider myself very advanced yet. But I'm itching to try out some lenses, and nobody up here rents Pentax stuff. - I'm playing with the idea of renting out any lenses I may buy.
I think Pentax does a decent job attracting first time buyers with what they offer in their lower end stuff ... worked for me and my K200D (hey that rhymes
) ... but, Pentax as a company really needs to focus on keeping people in the brand ... and reducing the number of "jumping ship" posts in the marketplace section. Getting a higher percentage of the advanced users excited about pentax should make the stores take notice.
I was at a small seminar on the weekend - one person had a pentax ... me. And the instructor (who is also a salesman at a local camera shop) actually suggested that I switch brands due to the lack of support for pentax.
... If it wasn't for this general market view, I probably would have expanded my system by now. ... I love my camera, pentax has to get their product into the hands of more people, and then fight to keep them there. The K7 is a sweet camera ... but I think Pentax has to do more - maybe it's just marketing? Dunno. . ... Anyway, rambling now.
Last edited by ShutterLag; 09-17-2009 at 02:30 PM.