Your 'All Knowing' Sony Store Clerk:

i live in sydney australia. ive given up completely on camera retail stores.. everytime i walk into one, im either ignored, treated like an idiot, they don't have what i want, or told no of course i cant touch it. That and they all charge a fortune compared to online prices..

The sony store in sydney is the only place where i've actually been able to try a lens out on my camera before i bough it. not that the guy new much about the lens I was looking at.. but at least he let me play with it