Originally posted by Wired And if your a Nikon shooter your not even considered as professional until you own at least two "pro" grade cameras to join the Nikon professional service support. D600/610 is not included. :P I would hope the Df isn't either. D800 or D4 owners only club
Yup and unlike Canon, you also have to have over 1/2 of your income generated by photography and need someone already in the program to sponsor you. I don't think that's a bad model. It keeps the program to what most would consider a professional and that is someone that earns a substantial part of their income from photography. In Canon land any hobbyist with enough money for the better bodies and lenses can join CPS, they don't have to earn a cent from photography.
For some the existence of a program like this is a must have and I suspect that for some in the Canon camp it's a status thing.
If you are a Pentaxian who depends on your camera to put food on the table I think the mantra of the day is redundancy in bodies and lenses because their is no support network to have you back up and running quickly. There are far fewer rental houses that stock Pentax and few retail outlets to pick replacements up same day.