On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 04:59:57PM -0700, Jack Davis wrote: > Larry, at one time, there was a fairly complete camera shop in Los Gatos. > Bought a Pentax lens there about 6 or 7 yrs ago. > Sorry I don't recall the street.
Both Los Gatos and Los Altos camera stores are gone. We are left with San Jose Camera and Keeble and Shuchat. > > Jack > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 2:42 PM > Subject: Re: Pentax dealers in the Bay Area? > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 03:28:23PM -0500, Paul Sorenson wrote: > > Amazon has it for $990. Overnight shipping if you order in the next > > 2 hours... > > > > http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-16-3-DSLR-Body-Black/dp/B009JPEISW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1371155157&sr=8-4&keywords=pentax+k-5II > > > > http://tinyurl.com/k68ghef > > I damn near went for it. That's the IIs from electronics basket, which has > the K-5ii > for $780, but they don't ship the plain II through Amazon, so I wouldn't be > able to get > it tomorrow. > > Oh well. > > the price will probably drop a bit more in the next week or two. > Besides, I still have the K-x. > > > > > -p > > > > On 6/13/2013 3:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > >On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 03:10:19PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > >>Have B&H overnight one to you. What you save buying there will probably > > >>cover the shipping. > > > > > >After much dithering, I finally decided, WTF, I was probably going to go > > >for a > > >K-5II eventually anyways, for the better focus, logged into B&H, and > > >noticed that > > >I missed their same day ship time by 20 minutes. > > > > > >I guess that my credit card made its saving throw. > > > > > >> > > >> > > >>On Jun 13, 2013, at 2:45 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >>>I'm supposed to photograph a friend's wedding Saturday. Technically, I'm > > >>>supposed to photograph her surfing to the ceremony on the beach. > > >>>As I mentioned, my camera has a bit of an issue at the moment. > > >>>I also just found out that due to refinancing my home loan, I'm getting > > >>>a big bump in my cashflow (no house payment until August). > > >>>I was ready to say WTF, and just go to San Jose Camera and buy a K-5 II, > > >>>assuming that their price wasn't too far off of B&H. > > >>>All that they have are K30s. > > >>> > > >>>I don't suppose that there are any stores near San Jose, that actually > > >>>have the K-5 II in stock? > > >>> > > >>>-- > > >>>Larry Colen [email protected] > > >>>http://red4est.com/lrc > > >>> > > >>>-- > > >>>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. > > > > > > > -- > > Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. > > > > -- > > 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. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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.

