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Pentax K-70 for £160 with Amazon Prime Student

HarisF1
Posted 19/11/2018 - 00:06 Link
And £200 for regular Amazon accounts.

For some reason they're stacking the £200 promo twice, like they did with the KP cameras a while back. Figured it out right after committing to buy a K-70 off eBay to replace my brother's K-S2. The seller wouldn't cancel so that'll be on the classifieds soon...

The promo stack on the KP brings it to £539.

The K1ii for £1399 (and extra 20% off for Student account).
All the gear with no idea
Edited by HarisF1: 19/11/2018 - 00:11
Kim C
Posted 19/11/2018 - 00:31 Link
I can see a lot of cheap K70's on the market soon.
Edited by Kim C: 19/11/2018 - 00:46
Posted 19/11/2018 - 03:45 Link
I oud not get the discount to apply.
Kim C
Posted 19/11/2018 - 05:23 Link
theonenadeem wrote:
I oud not get the discount to apply.

You need to add the item to the basket and then start the checkout process. It appears after the address and just before the payment section.
johnjbloomfield
Posted 19/11/2018 - 09:35 Link
Yes I just bought one for £199 (That I don't actually need lol)

It was also working on KP and K-1ii but the K-1ii has been corrected. Obviously an Amazon error so chance they will rescind the deal but worth a punt.
Jonathan-Mac
Posted 19/11/2018 - 09:37 Link
Fantastic bargain for anyone looking for a new DSLR. I'm tempted myself despite the K-70 offering very little over my K-3.
Pentax hybrid user - Digital K3, film 645 and 35mm SLR and Pentax (&other) lenses adapted to Fuji X and Panasonic L digital
Fan of DA limited and old manual lenses
danofmk
Posted 19/11/2018 - 10:36 Link
Oh cripes that's tempting...
Kim C
Posted 19/11/2018 - 10:38 Link
danofmk wrote:
Oh cripes that's tempting...

Too late. Looks like Amazon have twigged and have pulled the plug on it.
HarisF1
Posted 19/11/2018 - 11:27 Link
It went up on HotUKdeals and was shot down pretty quickly after :/

On a positive note, the K-70 I got off eBay isn't a bad deal considering the best price new is £395, and that's only for another week or so.
All the gear with no idea
johnjbloomfield
Posted 19/11/2018 - 22:13 Link
HarisF1 wrote:
It went up on HotUKdeals and was shot down pretty quickly after :/

On a positive note, the K-70 I got off eBay isn't a bad deal considering the best price new is £395, and that's only for another week or so.

The £395 is until December 31st on SRS
tigershoot
Posted 01/12/2018 - 17:28 Link
Oh dear, after getting excited about my forthcoming delivery of my K-70 I got emailed yesterday to say that Amazon have cancelled the order.

Did anyone get one?
K3iii, K3ii, K-5, K-x, DA150-450mm, DA16-85WR, DA16-45, DA18-55WR, DA18-135WR, DA35 F2.4, M100mm F4 Macro, DA55-300mm, FA50mm 1.4, AF360 Flash, AF540 Flash
Kim C
Posted 01/12/2018 - 17:44 Link
tigershoot wrote:
Oh dear, after getting excited about my forthcoming delivery of my K-70 I got emailed yesterday to say that Amazon have cancelled the order.

Did anyone get one?

Only an email.
jeallen01
Posted 04/01/2019 - 19:04 Link
johnjbloomfield wrote:
HarisF1 wrote:
It went up on HotUKdeals and was shot down pretty quickly after :/

On a positive note, the K-70 I got off eBay isn't a bad deal considering the best price new is £395, and that's only for another week or so.

The £395 is until December 31st on SRS

Now extended to 12th Jan with code PENTAXK70 - might just get one at that price!
K-3 II, K-3 and a K-70 from SRS (having now relegated the K-30 /"K-50" to a backup body), & some Sigma and Pentax lenses (and a lot of old 35mm gear!)
jeallen01
Posted 07/01/2019 - 14:53 Link
jeallen01 wrote:
johnjbloomfield wrote:
Quote:
It went up on HotUKdeals and was shot down pretty quickly after :/

On a positive note, the K-70 I got off eBay isn't a bad deal considering the best price new is £395, and that's only for another week or so.

The £395 is until December 31st on SRS

Now extended to 12th Jan with code PENTAXK70 - might just get one at that price!

"Struggling to resist" a K-70 from SRS at that price as the K-30/"K-50" is "getting on a bit" (bought Nov 2013) , and has a broken battery-retainer latch in the battery compartment.
Give me a few reasons why I SHOULD or SHOULD NOT buy the K-70?
K-3 II, K-3 and a K-70 from SRS (having now relegated the K-30 /"K-50" to a backup body), & some Sigma and Pentax lenses (and a lot of old 35mm gear!)
Edited by jeallen01: 07/01/2019 - 14:53
gramar
Posted 07/01/2019 - 15:49 Link
jeallen01 wrote:
jeallen01 wrote:
Quote:
HarisF1 wrote:
It went up on HotUKdeals and was shot down pretty quickly after :/

On a positive note, the K-70 I got off eBay isn't a bad deal considering the best price new is £395, and that's only for another week or so.

The £395 is until December 31st on SRS

Now extended to 12th Jan with code PENTAXK70 - might just get one at that price!

"Struggling to resist" a K-70 from SRS at that price as the K-30/"K-50" is "getting on a bit" (bought Nov 2013) , and has a broken battery-retainer latch in the battery compartment.
Give me a few reasons why I SHOULD or SHOULD NOT buy the K-70?




Go on you know you should - I was in the same quandary before Christmas but yielded to the temptation and bought a K-70 from SRS. No reason not too as my last new Pentax a K-30 was 6 years old and had cost me almost as much. I've only taken a handful of photos so far using an old DA 50-200 ED. The results are impressive (to my eyes). I'm easily able to extract better resolution and the focusing is faster.

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