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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
04-05-2012, 06:50 AM
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Minolta, Kodak, etc. Etc.
This is not an industry that tolerates mistakes like this. The proper path would have been to take a margin hit on their cut$ to keep competitive while at the same time working out their problems. This path craps on their already small customer base, as well as setting up all the new k5 rebate customers for a perfect wtf moment. Ricoh is well into the red, they don't have the capital to pull this off.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
04-04-2012, 09:04 PM
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I don't care about global. The bottom line is that for the price, Pentax glass was just ok, with common QC and longevity issues. Price was often lame- Take the 18-135: same Canon lens was $100 cheaper before this increase, now $140 cheaper. Lots of other examples. It wouldn't be as bad if 3rd party lens support in packages like dxo was good. For that matter the newer lenses like the 24-70 usd tammy are sony and canikon.
Amazon would carry pentax glass even with a miniscule profit margin. Pentax just prices themselves out of the game.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
04-04-2012, 07:34 PM
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I shipped my new k5 back today. The price premium for the glass isn't worth it. I was leaving Sony, but this change would add $780 to my plans. I expect every new pentax owner that got lured in by the k5 rebate is in the same boat. Sony fixes their prices, but their MSRPs aren't *#$@ing insane. The d800 is my new target.
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