How much stock?

Jessops carry a large range of all canikony models in their larger stores, some of which do tip the £1000 mark, just.

It's the lenses for said bodies that have the big tickets!

Our Jessops and London Camera Exchanges along with my former Pentax agent Dents are all glorified photo booths today.

My town is approx 100,000 population so you'd think it could manage one real camera shop wouldn't you?

I wonder if Pentax really help themselves though. Over the years, I've bought pretty much all my Pentax gear from one particular Central London dealer and, in fact, one particular sales assistant (I won't name names to protect the innocent). When I got my K-r a few months ago I was talking to him about the amount of Pentax stock they held. The answer was zero and, once the last few K-r's were out of the door, they were not going to stock anything Pentax again. The reason given was the poor support that Pentax gave them over returns when the K5 was experiencing its sensor issues. We didn't go into specifics but I was told that the owner had refused to ever stock Pentax gear again despite them both really liking the cameras and lenses.

OK, that's just one salesman's view of one small chain's relationship with Pentax. I in no way vouch for the veracity of the story or who is in the right or wrong. But if a well regarded dealer thinks that it's just not worth dealing with Pentax any more, is it any wonder that its products are getting harder to find?

Adrian

I want to complain It seems that when I bought my K-5
I didn't get the Certificate of Competence in Advanced Moaning
AKA the Other Man's Grass Diploma I feel really left out

I'd like to moan about how the colours fade on the photographs I take
if I leave them in camera longer than 2 days, but I'm not certified
by Pentax to do that

If you look at Jessops site a lot of the Canon lenses aren't in
stock including No: 1 on the Advanced Moaners List (AML for short)
the 400mm f/5.6 link

Maybe Pentax do have a 400m f/5.6...... it just isn't in stock anywhere