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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-04-2016, 03:36 AM
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Wow, that's amazing! I can't see any optical flaws whatsoever!
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-02-2016, 10:33 PM
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I'm in Adelaide, hopefully you'll get notification soon.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-02-2016, 06:59 PM
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Just got a call from Ted's, my body is in the store waiting for pickup. Looks like I'm leaving work early today. ;)
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-02-2016, 03:07 PM
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Just wondering, who did you pre-order through?
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
04-28-2016, 07:47 PM
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Thanks Sandy. Now I can enjoy my weekend even if it is without a K-1.
:)
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
04-28-2016, 06:25 PM
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OK, that sounds promising! How recently did you call them?
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
04-28-2016, 06:19 PM
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It could be that CRK originally planned to send them out as soon as they had them, but then subsequently decided to delay until the official launch. This decision might not have been taken when Ted's contacted CRK, or it may not have been completely disseminated to all CRK employees at that time.
Until we have confirmation from CRK that post-dates the launch advertising I suppose we're just theorising.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
04-28-2016, 05:56 PM
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Were you told by CR Kennedy or by a retailer?
The launch has only been advertised the last week or so (IIRC), maybe it was a change of plan and not everyone is on the same page.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
04-18-2016, 04:44 PM
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Can you tell me if I'll get mine before I leave for Japan on the 16th May? I pre-ordered around 1st March.
Thanks in advance. :)
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-31-2016, 06:14 PM
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Luckily there's plenty of B&M options around the $2800-2900 mark.
Of course the AUD has gone up vs. the USD in the last four weeks or so. Back when the K-1 was announced AU$2799 was a decent price, now US$1799 + 10% GST comes in at approx. AU$2573. I'm still happy to pay an extra $200-ish for local warranty and the warm fuzzy feeling of buying from a local store, I can't speak for everyone though.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-15-2016, 01:10 AM
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OK, I see. Just have to wait and see when the first units arrive. I guess I shouldn't be impatient...
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-14-2016, 03:37 PM
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When exactly did you pre-order? I'm heading off to Japan on May 16th, so hopefully it comes before then.
I pre-ordered around the end of Feb. from a B&M store. They had two on order and no-one had put in a pre-order on either yet. So I made sure to stipulate that if only one came in that I would be first in line.
Fingers crossed...
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-08-2016, 02:36 AM
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DCXpert are great, used them a few times.
CR Kennedy's technical service however ...
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
02-22-2016, 10:51 PM
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Nice! I might pre-order one tomorrow when it hits $2599.
:)
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
02-21-2016, 10:09 PM
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Hmm, doesn't sound promising. Although Gerry Gibbs has a "confirmed price" of $2,795...
---------- Post added 22-02-16 at 03:42 PM ----------
Yeah, me too. I'm happy to pay an extra couple of hundred dollars for that. Trouble is the difference is $670.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
02-21-2016, 08:36 PM
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The Nikon d810 is $3,195 at Gerry Gibbs. Not sure why CR Kennedy would price the K-1 at the same level. I'm just assuming someone has gone off half-cocked and the price will be rectified.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
02-21-2016, 08:24 PM
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Yeah, I know. Based on today's exchange rate US$1,799 is approx. AUD$2,511.
It looks as though they've based it on Japan's pricing, taken off 8% for Japanese consumption tax and then added 10% for our GST.
Especially disappointing given Ted's price info yesterday was AUD$2,699. Hopefully it will change in the next few weeks.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
02-21-2016, 08:03 PM
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Wow, that price is a kick in the nuts. That's over US$2,250. Guess I'll be getting it from O.S. then...
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
02-21-2016, 02:58 AM
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I popped into Ted's this arvo on Pulteney St (Adelaide). The guy behind the counter said they had price info ($2699) but no ETA.
He then went on and said the K-1 was an interesting product as there aren't a lot of new full-frame lenses in K-mount and it would probably appeal mainly to people who already had a lot of Pentax lenses. Then he went on to say that old lenses will be no good on it anyway, because DP Review did a test with an old lens on the K-1 and it was disappointing...
I told him they used a (relatively) cr@p lens and there are plenty of much better lenses out there but I got the feeling he didn't really believe me. I mean, I'm just a guy off the street while those DP Review people are experts. I wonder how many other potential customers he'll warn about legacy Pentax lenses being no good.
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