mmm. Has it occurred to anyone the Pentax K100D is a fully capable camera?
And that the lower end Nikon D40 is $999? (maybe a little lower). I think the Pentax brand is a good one but suffers from unrealistic expectations.
If we look at it logically, based on its featurs, any price below $1200 is considered good and a bonus. I paid $1399 for my K100D when it first camer out. A little high but it performed very well, so I think its still worth it.
I know everyone including myself is always looking for that special bargain but it saddens me when some one comments "yucks...$1000 so expensive. I better not buy it. Wait till it falls to $800". And when that price comes, another person comes along and hopes to get it even lower. I mean, then where is the enjoyment? The sooner you get the camera, the sooner you can go out there and capture your moments..
The official retail price is higher because the local distributor needed to cover for service centre costs whereas the parallel importers only need to ride on it. I mean poor Kelvin from the service centre has to have a salary, right?
From another view point, C owners can't even dream of seeing such prices and yet they are willing to pay much more for similarly or even lower configured cameras. Have you see the Panasonic and Canon P&S cameras? Some even cost more than $800!
sorry...just ranting a little:devil:.
Back to SITEX, I spent 4 hrs there today looking at all the bargains.
As for the scanned Brochure, ALWAYS remember prices on the first 2-3 days are high but expect it to be cut by $100-$200 on the last day. If you intend to buy such stuff, ALWAYS go on the last day....
As usual, the Pentax stand was extremely ineffective. The brand won so many awards I can't understand why they will not put all this up in large font posters since they have the bragging rights. Instead, you get the usual cameras under the glass table and about the only people who pops by are already pentax owners. But if its any consolation, one of the credit card compnaies (can't remember which one) is giving away a Pentax P&S camera free! :thumbsup: