The main advantage os B&H, Adorama and Tri State are the price advantages if you are in New York or better still in another state as you save 8.25% state tax! i.e. if in Houston, order from B&H, pay Fedex next day delivery as it's a lot cheaper than the state tax.

Other countries (most Gulf states) won't bother with import duty if the item is for personal use so you only pay shipping and that is still only $50-$75.

UK prices appear to be "Market" prices, a figure that reflects what we are daft enough to pay.

I have missed the UK sales logic since being away. I see leather suites on offer for 999 pounds, reduced from 1,999 pounds. Did the raw material or labour costs disappear and they advertise on TV, how much per second?
Same as cheap car insurance, they appear to give the lowest costs yet still employ staff and pay TV advertising costs? Strange old world we live in.

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Yes, your correct, it does.

Simple approach that gives excellent results.

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My New Years resolution was to stop making them. Been "clean" now for over six years.

Hide the stuff you don't use, out of sight, out of mind?

Attics and lofts were built for this purpose. Igloo and Coleman cool boxes were invented for keeping delicate things safe, whilst out of sight.

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I should think so.

I am still suffering from wanting a 300 f2.8 but not in PK fit.

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It uses the screw drive. I should have been clearer WRT AF. It "speeds up" the lens. The SDM is quite slow I tried the 1.7 with several lenses including a 50mm f1.2, the 16-50 and a 135mm f/2.5. Very impressive.

Depending on subject distance, lens needs to be somewhere near the focus point.

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It is rumoured that they are assembled from excess parts? They are genuine, come with all of the correct paperwork, Pentax S70-70 bag and are optically excellent. A label on the Pentax box quotes both 27,000 and 28,350 Yen.

Rear lower face of box has a sticker:

HOYA CORPORATION
ASSEMBLED IN VIETNAM

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I bought mine from this seller. It arrives as a gift. He is very reliable with good communication.

It halves the AF speed of the 50-135 lens!

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The one lens option was discussed some time ago as a means of pushing the user to work the shots rather than fall into a zoom & doom approach.

It improves your eye as you are forced to work to a fixed FOV. For those with zooms only, set it to one focal length and leave it there.

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For a single day out,two bodies, three lenses. For a weekend, it could be quite a lot depending on where I go and what I'm looking to shoot.

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