Thanks, Darren. Plenty of white around and they all have the 10-30 and not the 30-110. I already have the 10mm also, I really dont want to duplicate, though I could probably be happy to store a 10-30. I have WAY too much stuff. Wanna buy a K-5?
BTW it was the battery... $158... the alternator, if it had been that, would have cost something north of $700 even for a reconditioned one. New are out of my ballpark.
[edit] the other thing I forgot to say was that with cameras, I would prefer to buy local unless I can get it disgustingly cheap from OS... and then, I prefer a US purchase. I would have bought a refurb from Cameta... story elsewhere about why I did not. I am planning to make one more run to a source in Rutherford and Bennetts Green (Hardly Normals) and see if they have anything. After that... pfft.