Hi All, I finally purchased (and received a day ago) a brand new *ist DS (thanks to those who helped with the answers - mostly implicitely). I was surprised that it came without the warranty card. So, I called the Pentax (in the US), and they told me that some products come without such a card. I tried to check if the camera was a grey market one (I was not 100% sure about the store, even though it was listed as a Pentax authorized distributor). I was really suprised by the response of the Pentax csr. He told me that they cannot distiguish using serial numbers the cameras that have US warranty from those that are grey market. They used to have different model numbers for the US and the rest of the world (I know it was the case for ZX vs. MZ, but was not aware of such differences for the older models). He assured me that the receipt confirming a purchase of the camera from a legitimate store in the US is a sufficient proof of the US warranty (for them), especially in the case of an authorized dealer.
Does anybody have any information that contradicts (or confirms) this? Thank you, Igor
