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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
12-10-2012, 10:52 AM
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Have never personally met another Pentaxion under the age of 50 and I sell cameras at a major electronics retailer. The few I have met have all been Europeans on holiday with one exception being an elderly gentlemen who shoots Daytona races with a K-5 (showed me some pics on his iPhone and they were good). Boy, did his eye's light up when he realized I knew about Pentax! I keep my Pentax Q in a little Lowepro Dashpoint 20 on my hip at all times and I get a lot of questions about it from customers/co-workers. They are all blown away when I show them some of my shots and they love the build quality. When I tell them I shoot Pentax they always look at me funny. "Pentax? Isn't Pentax that new medication for herpes?" When I mention "Pentaxions" they say stuff like "Oh, I don't watch Star Trek." Sometimes I have the privilege of talking to older photographers (quirky but fun bunch) and they speak fondly of Pentax but always in reference to the "film days" never anything current.
Pentax is doing an absolutely horrible job at marketing here in the US. The awareness is next to nil. Either way I am not deterred from being a Pentax shooter and I will do my part to spread the word best I can.
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