Australian price matching for Pentax gear

2009-06-12 Thread Leon Altoff
Hi all. My new lenses arrived today from C.R. Kennedy (Pentax's Australian importer). They matched B&H's price exactly, paid via credit card and delivered to my P.O. Box quicker than I could get it from the states. I have an invoice so I have Australian (world wide) warranty. The invoice does st

Re: Australian price matching for Pentax gear

2009-06-12 Thread Brian Walters
Thanks, Leon. Good to know. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:48 +1000, "Leon Altoff" wrote: > Hi all. > > My new lenses arrived today from C.R. Kennedy (Pentax's Australia

RE: Australian price matching for Pentax gear

2009-06-12 Thread John Coyle
il List Subject: Australian price matching for Pentax gear Hi all. My new lenses arrived today from C.R. Kennedy (Pentax's Australian importer). They matched B&H's price exactly, paid via credit card and delivered to my P.O. Box quicker than I could get it from the states. I have an

Re: Australian price matching for Pentax gear

2009-06-13 Thread Leon Altoff
John, I was hoping that there wasn't that great a price difference and I could actually buy the camera from one of the local shops. They are helpful and it's not their fault that they are uncompetitive on the world market. Still it is good to know as the K7 is on my shopping list too. At that p

Re: Australian price matching for Pentax gear

2009-06-13 Thread David J Brooks
I'd be interested in your 17-70 comments. I kinda would like a faster zoom in this range, Pentax wise. I'm ok Nikon wise. Dave On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Leon Altoff wrote: > Hi all. a better deal. > > I did have to update the firmware on my K10D to make the SDM work, but > that was always