Originally posted by hsteeves you have to train a store if you intend on doing business on a consistent basis. I find TCS overpriced compared to what I can get locally. Banff store gets some good reviews. Last time I was in Cranbrook, the selection had gone down, however.
Does your local store ship within Canada and if so who are they? I've purchased a couple lenses from The Camera Store, and at the time they were the lowest I could find (one was a refurb though).
One of my local stores started carrying Pentax stuff again, a k-3, a k-s2 and a lens or two. They even have a little stand up pentax catalogue/display on the counter. It will be interesting if they carry the k-1.