Originally posted by FV Notorious I would like to get a feel for the size and weight of the K1 before I make my final decision to purchase it, does anyone know of a list of stores that carry it? I am currently in Seattle and will be making my way to Miami, I was hoping there might be a place along the way where I could stop and check it out. Unfortunately I do not plan and seeing New York anytime soon.
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This may be the best way to buy your K1 at a brick and mortar store. Drive to Billings, MT and visit a place called Camera Cottage. They usually have a K1 in stock. If you touch it you will purchase it. Something weird that way. I think the WiFi can control your brain or something. Now since it has been a long day on the road, get a room for then night and familiarize yourself with the camera.
Now comes the best part. Make sure you have lenses and lots of memory cards with you, The drive home. Take a few weeks to drive home. Yellowstone and Glacier national parks come to mind. And so many other smaller places. Your last stop can be in Roslyn where you can photograph all the sites used to film the greatest TV show ever. Northern Exposure.
That is the perfect way to buy a K1. And I am not blowing smoke here. It is exactly what I did but I came from the other direction. I drove from Rochester, NY to Camera Cottage in Billings, MT to get my K1. Spent the night at a hotel there and then went to Yellowstone for three days before heading home.