On Oct 12, 2009, at 10:33 PM, Dennis Gibson wrote:
In looking around I see it's commonly bundled with both the 18-55mm
kit lens and a fairly decent (GN 66 at ISO 100) looking but fixed
position hot shoe flash. No bouncing off ceilings like I like to do.
Costco strikes again. On their web site they're selling the K2000,
18-55mm lens and 50-200mm lens shipped for $499.99. Then they throw
in a free 2GB SD card. They're calling it a "Hot Buy: $50 off is
reflected in the price. While supplies last". Sounds pretty hot to
me. Expedited shipping to Southern California is $3.79!! Of course
if you don't like it they'll refund your money at any Costco
warehouse with no questions asked. I can't think of any reason not
to go for this.
I bought the latest greatest just hit the market Canon superzoom
from them last month for $10.00 under MSRP. They threw in a free 2GB
SD card then too. Expedited shipping was $6.11 and it came UPS
Second Day Air. They also had an HP 8GB SD card with 100 free prints
from Costco for $19.99 shipped. I grabbed that too. It doesn't seem
to be there anymore.
Does anyone know what dpreview.com has against Pentax? Most reviews
of Pentax products are at the least fairly negative. They just
reviewed the K-7 and have nits to pick about it. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pentaxk7
I found that review positive for the most part. They're correct about
jpeg noise, because Pentax doesn't crush it with in-camera processing.
Note that they gave it a "highly recommended" rating.
Paul
They're not all that thrilled with the K2000 either. They thoroughly
cover all of the aspects; maybe the other reviews are more from the
view of a consumer.
I'm off to find my Costco membership card.
Dennis
Santa Barbara, CA
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