On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Chris posted: > > > > I admit to being a little confused as to why more people don't like > > Pentax's p&s digitals. Pentax has always excelled at putting out small, > > well-featured, well-built products. They're rarely the first on the > > market, but they're usually worth the wait. > > > > What do most people want in a p&s digital? Something small enough that > > they'll take it places, something reasonably well-built, and something > > with as much flexibility as you can fit into a small body. For this, the > > Optio 550 is *perfect*, and I don't say that about many cameras. > > [snip long and well-deserved testimonial to the Optio 550's perfection] > > First problem is FINDING it. I live in what's supposedly the 9th or 10th > largest city in the USA and the electronics stores, big discount stores > and what passes here for camera stores, unanimously did not carry this > camera. In fact I don't think any of them carried any Pentax p&s > digital, whatsoever.
Most of that is the fault of the retailers, but some of the blame has to be laid at Pentax's door. If they advertised even 1/4 as much as Canon, there'd be enough customers asking for them that the stores would begin to carry Pentax digital. The big problem here in Manitoba is trying to stop every single person from buying a Canon digital. They don't want them because they like what the cameras do; they want them because the advertising is Way Cool. Canon advertises the #$%$%# out of their products, and they sell to just about every Mom & Pop store that wants to buy. Pentax can only dream of having Canon's marketing budget, but it would be nice to see them do more with what they do have. chris
