Well to be honest, there's less than £1 difference between the Jessops online price and SRS for the K20D + 18-55. I'd rather buy from SRS, but if in your situation (i.e. not already a Pentax user, and wanting to compare between makes) I'd want to handle a camera before I bought it.

The only thing is, as far as I can see, you do have to buy the camera first, and just collect it at a store. I don't think it's the same as the store ordering it in and then you decide if you want to pay for it or not. You can obviously cancel the purchase once you've looked at it (which would make you mad in our eyes, but you never know ), but it does mean you made that initial outlay.

Buying from Jessops would only give you a one year warranty, SRS, being a Pentax Pro dealer, would give you two years.

We used to occasionally get Pentax gear in stock at the small Visitor Centre I work at with no difficulty (mostly for me, I have to say, staff discounts are nice ), but that was when they used Intro2020 as a distributer. Not sure if that's changed in the few months that Pentax are now distributing their own goods.

Hoya's takeover (technically a merger) wouldn't necessarily mean this would change, if indeed they have stopped supplying smaller shops, which to be honest I can't really imagine. Generally it was hoped the Hoya thing would mean a cash injection which might increase the marketing budget a bit, as well as boosting the lens development. It's still a bit 'early days' to see a big difference I think.

Dan

Well I might have been interested if I hadn't already got myself a DA* 300mm.

Not sure why it's had little response. Perhaps you would be open to offers, or offer postage rather than just pick-up only? Surprisingly few people on this forum live in the London area.

Dan

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A space between them is fine apparently.

Dan

Oh yeah!

Dan

Okay

So, if I put a < symbol in, everything else disappears?

Dan

Oops, just realised it was "Less than or equal to".

Well, it's just an advert for his individual listings, so the $10,000 starting price is just to deter anyone from bidding on that listing I would guess.

I don't suppose he'd complain if someone did bid on it though!

Dan

And if you'd put it central, someone would have said "Nice, but if you'd put it to one side it would look better..."

Not sure if the red breast is a little too bright compared to the rest, almost looks fluorescent to me.

Dan

I got my K10D from Calumet through Amazon, when they (presumably accidentaly) listed it less the VAT (£468 instead of £549). They still honoured the sale though.

Dan

Blu-tack.

Dan