On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 02:15:00PM -0400, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > Larry, > > You sound too idealistic to me.. (I know you aren't that naive :-) )
Only sometimes. > After all, Adorama (unless you stop by at their store) is a mail-order > store which has a relatively low margin and sells you what you want > to buy, and not a consulting business. Like with most Yeah, but I figured that they'd at least have some clue about their product line. Maybe I am that naive. > internet/mail-order serivices, you save by researching the products > yourself, and if you are not capable of that, you pay the stupidity > premium at the local BestBuy, Ritz Camera, etc. > > For that type of service that you want at a reasonable level, > you pay extra bucks at a local knowledgeable store (if any). Unfortunately the only short monopod at our local knowledgable store is $240. The Benro MP-66 and MC-66 also look promising, but don't seem to be available in the US. Likewise B&H has a few that seem to meet my specs. I wish I could search on collapsed length. -- The first step is learning to take great photos, the second step is learning to throw away ones that are merely good. Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
