Hi Emilio.
Franks has most of the major downtown Toronto camera stores covered.As far as out of
the
city
core,you have several of the henrys satillite shops and one place i go to once in a
while
is Merkles
Camera(do a google search and you'll find the new website,no used listed anymore)which
is
on Victoria
Park and Hwy 401 in Scarborough.Small but a fair amount of gear.The Pentax stuff is not
much,i
havenot seen the *ist makes on the site yet.
Pat White can answer the Vancouver quiry
Dave
> Hi, Emilio,
>
> I think the largest store (or one of them) in Toronto is Henry's, at 119
> Church Street, right at the corner of Queen Street, downtown.
>
> http://www.henrys.com/
>
> There's also Vistek. They're about a mile or two east of Henry's, on
Que> en
> Street between Parliament and River. I can't give you their url, because
> their site freezes my old computer every time. If you Google Vistek's,
> though, you'll find it. I know they sell Pentax, but they don't usually
> have much in their display case.
>
> Aden Camera, Yonge Street, between Dundas and Gerrard:
>
> http://www.adencamera.com/
>
> Look at that, they have the *ist D on special right on their front page!!
> Their price comes in at 1638 Euros with the 18-35 lens.
>
> Downtown Camera is on Queen Street East, right around the corner from
> Henry's (south side of Queen, just west of Church).
>
> http://www.downtowncamera.com/
>
> Those are the major outlets here in downtown Toronto. Maybe one of the
> suburban boys can help out with stores outside of downtown, but I'm sure
> your friend will be downtown anyway.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> cheers,
> frank
>
>
>
> Emilio Puga wrote:
>
> > Hi everybody, I am Emilio Puga, from Mallorca Island in Spain. First of
> > all I want to congratulate you for your enthusiasm and the interest you
> > put on this very special brand.
> > Ok, let�s go with my question, well, here in spain we�ve got
seriou> s
> > problems with pentax importer, not only avaibility but also PRICES of
> > the equipment, one example IstD is priced in Canada and USA at 1440
eur> o
> > (equivalent) and here in Spain buying it in a distributor (price for
> > pros only) they are asking near 1950 euro for the body only, do you
> > think it is a loyal importer?? I THINK THEY DON�T WANT TO SELL PENTAX
> > EQUIPMENT. Now I have the opportunity of buying it in Canada, because a
> > friend of mine is going there on a business trip, but he will not have
> > so much time to expend on my �gift� then I will have to give him a
> > concrete address for buying the camera and a concrete price, I have
> > talked with Chris Brogden, but I am not sure if my friend will be able
> > of going to chris shop,
> > Can you tell me some stores In Canada?? Preferably if they have web
pag> e
> > and I can do a Pre order, I think he Is going to Toronto and Vancouver.
> > Thanks everybody for your help
> > PDta. I�m so shy because if I don�t find a good price on IStD I
wil> l be
> > buying a Eos 10D,
>
> --
> "What a senseless waste of human life"
> -The Customer in Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch
>
>
>
