Originally posted by Irfanintekhab Hey everyone,
It was a tough decision, going from Nikon to pentax, I had some issues with it in the beginning. With focus being blurred. And in India pentax market is really not so well. So had issues with support. Anyway somehow it automatically got fixed after so many months. I don't regret it a bit now. But that experience just put a dent in my confidence to really recommend or when I am commercially working. It's like that little phobia settled in.
Anyway apart from that I am really happy with the camera. Now that it's one year with k3. It gives me everything I need. And I've blown some people away by its image quality and convinced many people to switch too. Some people didn't even know and thought of it to be full frame till many months. Who never heard about Pentax dslrs. However I feel left out in matter of how common it is.
First is the support from other products, everyone supports canon/Nikon. Next is rentals. Next is support. Especially in India. It's so rare to find anything Pentax that sometimes I just feel like ditching this camera. No one even knows Pentax does DSLR!
I just wanted to know is it really that rare in your country/region? Do you feel the same sometimes? Do I switch? Cuz this is sometimes coming in way of my commercial work. And to switch is kind of a tough call. It's like back to zero and I'll have to deal with some broken months if I switch.
Please let me know where do you live and do you feel the same? And any suggestions. I live in Hyderabad, India & Kuwait, and this problem seems to be in both the places
I'm from the Philippines, where Pentax bodies are made, and even here, after-sales support is laughable but they do try their best to improve. Marketing is even more laughable. And they're not improving in that aspect.
Considering that Pentax is made here, we few Pentaxians are also like some occult group to the C/N/S/F clubs. But we don't mind. It actually feels like we're Vader's ship in the midst of all the TIE fighters.
If you say it does what you want and need it to do, why switch again? Also, I use mine for small-time commercial work, clients don't care as long as they don't have to provide you your gear lol.
If it's a matter of image as a photographer, you don't have to worry about using a Pentax. If it's about using more gear, well you do have to worry, but then it's something more easily solved than the fear of not being "in" with the crowd.