I made a bargain today....
I went to one of these super big electronics stores today to see if they had a Metz-44 flash for my K-5.
Iīve been reading about different flash guns for a while and thought that the Metz-44 would meet my needs and be within my budget.
When I arrived at the store (Media Markt) I saw that they were selling a Pentax AF 360 FGZ demo ex. for EUR 190. It looked nice and the guy in the shop said it came with a full warranty, box and soft case.
But when we tried it on a camera it didnnīt fire no matter what we did, not even when pushing the test button. The flash was broken! :-(
He said they also had a Pentax AF 540 FGZ, so he went for it to try, and it worked immediately! Too bad, I thought that the 360 flash would have been perfect for me and the 540 is far over my budget. But he said I could get 540 flash for EUR 224 if I wanted since they had difficulties selling Pentax gear anyway.
So I came home with a Pentax AF 540 FGZ for 224 euros, which I thought was pretty cheap.
The sad thing is that this large electronics store has preblems selling Pentax gear and propably will stop marketing Pentax. At least anything but the compacts.
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