I could be up for this as a break from dissertation work for a couple of hours... I'm local too...
What time are you thinking?

I'll be the stressed out looking guy with the Pentax camera! (who looks like his Avatar... Cos it's him!! LOL)

I think it may be a combination of the two... Just my opinion...

I agree... Sale or return on a single item is ludicrous! But Canikony will be doing sale or return deals on batches of stock... Items will be returned frequently with the balance being paid by retailers... And yes of course they do... I said as much in my post... My point was that the Pentax-UK sales team will be looking at the number of outlets Jessops have when doing their calculations for a minimum order for Jessops...

Although Samyang only make manual focus lenses at this point...

I'd bite the bullet and raise the ISO personally... That or a shiny new flashgun (on a wireless trigger, strategically placed...)

My local independent store (which sells Pentax) have told me that Pentax will not stock them on a 'sale or return' basis and that they have a minimum purchase amount before the can stock or order futher Pentax items (ie: lenses...)
So for them to order me say, 21mm Ltd they have to have already paid for 10 K-r's and 10 K5's (within that sales period)...
If Pentax-UK's sales team are looking at Jessops in terms of number of stores (and in the same way as smaller independent stores, which it's likely they are) that's a massive outlay that Jessops simply don't need when they can get CaNik(S)ony products on a 'sale or return' basis through their own distribution centre...
If Pentax-UK want to compete (and the question is whether they (the UK division) do want/need to compete?) then they need a major shake-up of both their marketing and UK-sales statergies...

Is Pentax-UK actually representative of the aims of the larger Pentax-Ricoh-Corp at this point?
Is there still some transition going on that we are unaware of?

Is the right hand talking to the left?

We know that Ricoh has considerably deeper pockets than Hoya did... Supposedly even deeper than Canon's are now...
But has this information reached and been understood by the Pentax-UK sales team?
Are they still going with a sales and marketing stratergy that is now outdated given the new circumstances of the company?

Sometimes answers are less important than asking difficult questions...

I'm going on the 14th... It's my 8 year olds birthday treat!

Part two of the treat is that I've got him a Pentax *istDS with 2 lenses so he can take his own pictures!

I'm planning on taking a pretty full (but small) bag with me... The longest lens I own is the DA50-200mmWR so that' definitely going (I usually shoot wide to normal range)

FA28 and Tamron-17-50-2.8 are both going (normally carry only on of these) and the FA50-1.4 always goes...

Considering taking either the Pentax-Program-A OR the Pentax-MG along too; paired with M50-1.4 and Vivitar 19mm 3.8

Joes far more into cars than I am so my main concern is that he has a great day and gets some good shots of his own (I've promised to get his 10 best printed for his room, although he still thinks he's using an old olympus p&s)

Hope this goes well!

Unfortuately I'm in the middle of a dissertation nightmare!

Now then...

I'm in Bradford too!

Not sure if he's still eligable for the wrestling event at the London Olympics though...

Converting my girlfriends 8 year old next weekend!
Shiny *istDS all kitted out and raring to go when we arrive at the Dunlop Touring Car Championships at Donington on Saturday!!

Moving 'through the ranks' is a lot quicker here than on the 'other' forum...