John, The problem with this is that for a large number of us there are no local camera shops anymore. In my area I'd have to drive more than two hours if I wanted to go to a local (local to that city) camera shop. If I want to buy something really locally, the only hope is one of the several Ritz outlets, but they're a national chain and nothing like locally owned.
I ran my own small camera shops in the 70s and early 80s, and the community just would not support a local merchant. So I reluctantly shut down and left the business. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

