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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
06-03-2011, 03:25 PM
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I was at my daughter's Prom the other week and got to see a pile of cameras! - wait until graduation in a few weeks and there'll be 100's and 100's. I recieved many comments about the K10D. People notice the different camrea right away. I know three other people with Pentax DSLRs and none of them were there that night!
I guess I like being different and shooting with a pentax makes us all very different than the average walmart / Future shop / Big Box store camera purchaser.
Big box stores are putting all the smaller photography stores out of business and thus the average sales rep is a minimum wage highschool student trying to pay for their cellphone!
With no options left consumers are forced to look at walmart / zellers / etc because that's really all there is unless you spend the time to look online and do some serious research.
For the first time DSLR purchaser it is a struggle to understand the terminology and generally price wins out. If you can't try it before you buy it it is very difficult to fork over your hard earned money. Here enters the big box stores - they have product on their shelf but I doubt that you'll find an "informed" opinion or knowledeable sales rep to help you make a good decision.
Unless Pentax steps up their advertising I doubt we'll see many others using Pentax in the general masses. I love the pentax brand and have had very positive experiences with film cameras and now I am enjoying the K10D.
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