[noelpolar]

I bought one yesterday (Silver) for $870ish Aus dolars...... gets delivered today.... so I need to spend the day in the front yard making out I'm gardening so I can intercept the delivery person..... as I didn't follow the approve purchasing guidelines.

Technically.... $870 aussie is $589US..... but somehow still feels like $870 down here.... must be something to do with equivalence....

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I am glad some pentaxians took advantage of this deal and will highly praise (if needed) the many qualities of this KP!
The more I think about it, the more I would like Pentax to launch a KP ii...

I think the KP came to market a bit early..... it should have followed the K1.... or maybe the K1 should have come a bit earlier!

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Last edited by noelpolar; 11-25-2019 at 02:07 PM.

[Ronald Oakes]

Then you already know its a great camera! Is one silver and the other black?

Both are black

[ghosteclipse]

Congrats on a great deal! I bought a used KP at that price several months ago.

[simple1]

Im ashamed to admit its my second.

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I don't have it yet.....all KP's show backordered.
Once I get the tracking number its a Done Deal !

Fingers crossed for ya. Keep us posted.

[Ronald Oakes]

Fingers crossed for ya. Keep us posted.

I just found my order confirmation from Ricoh in my Spam folder ! It says my order is being processed for shipping , and that the normal processing time is 3-5 business days for backordered items. Im not worried now.

---------- Post added 11-26-19 at 08:05 ----------

RICOHHOLIDAY Promo is back again ! I just tried it on the KP and it once again takes off $111......Go get em !

[simple1]

I just found my order confirmation from Ricoh in my Spam folder ! It says my order is being processed for shipping , and that the normal processing time is 3-5 business days for backordered items. Im not worried now.

---------- Post added 11-26-19 at 08:05 ----------

RICOHHOLIDAY Promo is back again ! I just tried it on the KP and it once again takes off $111......Go get em !

Sweet - congrats!

[carlb]

I bought one yesterday (Silver) for $870ish Aus dolars...... gets delivered today.... so I need to spend the day in the front yard making out I'm gardening so I can intercept the delivery person..... as I didn't follow the approve purchasing guidelines.

Technically.... $870 aussie is $589US..... but somehow still feels like $870 down here.... must be something to do with equivalence....

I'm so close to biting the bullet on the silver version - for 880 bucks it's just too good to pass up. But I too won't have followed the approved purchasing guidelines so I will have to try and intercept the Startrack driver.

[noelpolar]

I'm so close to biting the bullet on the silver version - for 880 bucks it's just too good to pass up. But I too won't have followed the approved purchasing guidelines so I will have to try and intercept the Startrack driver.

Good luck.... mine arrived.... just managed a controlled delivery. FWIW.... I will be getting a larger grip.... comes with the small one.... I'm sure 3 people in Australia must have a suitably sized hand for the small grip.... to go medium or large is the question..... the battery grip comes with a large grip included.... not sure if I'll get one later on.... so may just go medium grop for now.

[carlb]

Good luck.... mine arrived.... just managed a controlled delivery. FWIW.... I will be getting a larger grip.... comes with the small one.... I'm sure 3 people in Australia must have a suitably sized hand for the small grip.... to go medium or large is the question..... the battery grip comes with a large grip included.... not sure if I'll get one later on.... so may just go medium grop for now.

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I may have a defence......the CFO is planning a visit to a DFO sports outlet which has taken delivery of 250 pallets of golf gear!! I did comment that as long as she didn't buy the whole 250 pallets then a visit was quite reasonable

So I could be off the hook........maybe

[noelpolar]

Introductions today......family seems to be getting along.

[carlb]

Introductions today......family seems to be getting along.

Nice, do the silver bodies and silver lenses look good together in real life?

[noelpolar]

Nice, do the silver bodies and silver lenses look good together in real life?

Hard for me to say.... as I am fond of them in silver if the camera is not to be knocked around to much..... black is a better finish for a hard knocks camera. The reason I say it is hard for me to know..... is that I do think the silver camera looks more special.... and silver lenses look great on them..... but I think I am influenced by growing up with my fathers silver minolta as a kid.... so I am a bit one sided.

I have black and silver lens hoods .... so I can add a silver hood to a black lens etc to tone in with a silver camera etc.

[mikesbike]

Nice, do the silver bodies and silver lenses look good together in real life?

They look great. Let see- I have the DA HD 20-40mm, DA HD 15mm, DA HD 70mm, LTDs in addition to long-timers FA 77mm, FA 43mm, LTDs and FA* 300mm f/4.5 all in silver, which look fabulous on my silver KP bodies. ( I have two)

Congrats for those getting deals on new KP bodies!

[ghosteclipse]

I have a silver FA77 and a silver KP but never paired them together except once as I needed the KP for my DA16-50 and DA50-135. Just need the ISO capability of the KP to keep the DA16-50 at f5.6 most of the time. Now I'm wondering if I actually am doing it wrong.

[Ronald Oakes]

Mine hasn't even shipped yet ! Still showing Backordered from Ricoh.