[ChisaChi]

I don't think it's necessarily cheap - I've just heard that camera prices are more-or-less on par with US prices (sometimes for newer models as well, as filiadragongurl said), which tend to be quite a bit cheaper than what we can get here in Australia. Seemed worth a look at least.

Here it's $50-$80 for a 2gig CF card, $80 for a battery and $150 or so for the 50mm lens I'm looking at (given up on the macro for now, too spensive...).