Robert White (England) used to sell Voigtlander stuff below the US prices, and I bought quite a bit of stuff from him for a few years. I know that shipping to/from US/AUS can be prohibitive, are there also VAT issues? I once thought of buying an Epiphone guitar from Australia (a discontinued model), but the shipping via air was prohibitive. And you can forget getting a bicycle shipped from AUS to US.
Jeffery On Nov 23, 2010, at 11:28 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:54 -0600, "Jeffery Smith" > <[email protected]> wrote: >> The 16-50 is about $750 in the US. You are down under? > > > Tan is. > > The interesting thing about prices down under is that, although the $A > has been approaching or at parity with the $US in recent months, lens > prices have remained high in comparison with those in the US. It's a > much smaller market, of course. The prices Tan quoted are about right > for one of the more reputable on-line sellers here. They would probably > be even higher at the usual High Street shops. > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > >> >> >> On Nov 23, 2010, at 10:43 PM, Tanya Love wrote: >> >>> Thanks for all of the feedback guys. Yep, I know that the AOV is quite >>> varied in this grouping - I am more interested really in the widest end, and >>> the speed (and of course overall image quality etc). I'm really thinking >>> that at f4 the 12-24 is just that bit too slow. I know that it is a lovely >>> lens and I considered it a while back but f4, with moving babies and darkish >>> interiors. Of course, when I get my hands on my new K-5, it won't be such >>> an issue... >>> >>> I do know also that the 16-50, isn't too much different from the 18-55 kit >>> lens that I currently have, but you know I NEVER use it unless it is for an >>> interior or a funky looking fashion shot and it is almost ALMOST used at >>> 18mm. I'd love something a little wider, but not to the point of being fish >>> eye, which is why I included the 16-50. I don't EVER use zooms anymore >>> unless I really have to. I shoot almost exclusively these days with my >>> FA50mm 1.7 or my FA100m f2.8 macro and very occasionally with the 18-55mm or >>> I also have a 28-70mm/f2.8 Tokina that is getting on now but is a huge, >>> heavy lens and gives fine results and used to be my main lens in my wedding >>> photography days... >>> >>> Anyways, I think I pretty much have it narrowed down to either the: >>> >>> 2. PENTAX-DA* 16-50mm f/2.8 ED AL[IF]SDM - about $1400 >>> Or >>> 4. Sigma Lens 10-20mm f/3.5 EX DC HSM - about $927 >>> >>> I just think that the 12-24mm is just that bit too slow. >>> >>> Interested to hear any further thoughts? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and > love email again > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
