I've never had to wait longer than the shipping time for any lens or camera that B&H indicated was in stock. I've been thinking about ordering a black 77 limited, but I wonder if the DA 70 might be better on APS-C digital sensors. Paul On Sep 29, 2006, at 11:16 PM, Doug Miles wrote:
> Mike, I sympathize! My 77mm arrived 10 days ago from B&H after > taking 11 > days to arrive after the order. But I believe they had the item in > stock. > They are "taking orders" for the 43mm now and who knows how long > delivery > might take, if ever. > > One situation perhaps similar to yours occurred again with B&H on > an order > for a KA-mount Voigtlander Ultron 40mm f/2. That one was a special > order, > and took about 6 weeks to from order to invoice date, then another > 5 days to > arrive. > > I get the impression that the Limited series has hit the limit, and > it might > be that no more are shipping from Asahi in Japan. Not sure, just > feels that > way from what I'm seeing online. McBain and Pentax Canada may be > scouring > around trying to find one... > > Best of luck! > Mi Doug > > On 09/29/06 17:07, "Mike Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I ordered a black 77 limited from McBain Camera on Sept 1. They >> placed the order to Pentax Canada the next day. It's now >> September 29 >> and I have no lens. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net