> > From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/07/03 Mon PM 02:55:53 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: New K bodies listed on B > > Note I said large quantities. Air freight operations typically use the > small packages to make up the rest of the load, very large shipments pay > almost the entire fuel cost. > > -Adam
I still think you are two orders of magnitude out. $1000/lb? It would be cheaper to buy seats on a passenger plane. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, 747s full of limited lenses......... > > > Don Williams wrote: > > >I got a package from Hong Kong a week ago. It weighed about half a > >kilogram -- cost $7.50. It didn't come across the Pacific but over the > >top of the world. Maybe there's something special about the Pacific I > >don't know? > > > >Don > > > > > >mike wilson wrote: > > > > > >>>From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>Date: 2006/07/02 Sun PM 11:51:09 GMT > >>>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >>>Subject: Re: New K bodies listed on B > >>> > >>>Nope, Shel's accurate on this one, they come over by the containerload > >>>on ships. Considering the cost of air freight across the Pacific is on > >>>the order of $1000/lb for large quantities, Air freight is certainly not > >>>viable for anything cheaper than a Canon 1Ds or Hasselblad. > >>> > >>>-Adam > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>No wonder those little (ahem) babies are so costly. Got to be about $5000 > >>just to get a 1Ds across the Pacific. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>Paul Stenquist wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>I think Shel was speaking metaphorically. > >>>>Paul > >>>>On Jul 2, 2006, at 5:13 PM, Powell Hargrave wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>>B&H is listing them, as Shel pointed out. That means they should be > >>>>>>available soon. Some may already be on ships. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>Do cameras move on ships these days? I would think that with the high > >>>>>value and the speed of the market it would make air cargo more likely. > >>>>> > >>>>>Powell > >>>>> > >>>>>-- > >>>>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>>>[email protected] > >>>>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>-- > >>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>[email protected] > >>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>----------------------------------------- > >>Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > >>Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software > >>Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
