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Are you going to buy the K-7
Not convinced about adding video to a stills camera, has Pentax done this before???...Perhaps its me, prefer to use my JVC 3CCD camcorder for that...which incidentally takes crap stills. Rob Pentax has done it a few times in P&S cameras, but, this is where I think a lot of people are really missi...
Posted by Unlocker on 21/05/2009 - 18:27
Are you going to buy the K-7
I need the option that says 'maybe, but I'll wait to see what the independent reviews say'... What do you call independent reviews? Magazines can't be trusted since they can't live without the advertisements. Most review websites can't survive without sponsoring and advertising either. I am sur...
Posted by Tooks on 22/05/2009 - 14:44
K20 discontinued; Mike Johnston
If this is true, it seems to have had a very short product life cycle. Looking back through the forum, it seems to have been about fifteen months.
Posted by Oggy on 21/05/2009 - 22:27
K20 discontinued; Mike Johnston
If this is true, it seems to have had a very short product life cycle. Looking back through the forum, it seems to have been about fifteen months. The K200d came out at the same time and that's been discontinued for the past couple of months!:( Maybe they need the capacity to produce more sensors...
Posted by Hardgravity on 21/05/2009 - 22:59
K-7 has image distortion and CA correction
I see it this way... I can tripod two video cams....for multi angle cuts.. then without having to switch cameras... grab stills, and shallow dof, rack focus, and fisheye clips from my dslr to add in at the editing phase... that is like having four cameramen working one scene...
Posted by Don on 22/05/2009 - 19:04
K-7 has image distortion and CA correction
I have to admit I like the look of the K-7. Pentax have sorted the niggles of my K20D, whereby bringing to the market a camera which will rival the D300, and better the EOS50D. Although it does'nt have the 51 point AF of the D300 (what has?) it certainly has plenty of features to knock the spo...
Posted by Offertonhatter on 22/05/2009 - 22:34
K-7 has image distortion and CA correction
I wonder how far you can compare a DSLR video function against a consumer camcorder. I believe they are both different and must be seen that way and not as replacement of each other. Consumers camcorders are clearly designed to capture moments with your loved ones but when you think about the ar...
Posted by Anvh on 23/05/2009 - 01:05
Some simple arithmetic
Right George!.....for once i'm completely in tune with you! Pentax is currently granting a two year warranty in the UK, as it's obliged to by EU law. Would you happen to know if Canada supplied items also have a full two year warranty? If there is then that's the way to get some fair dealing...
Posted by viewfinder on 21/05/2009 - 23:15
Some simple arithmetic
Don't you have to pay import duty as well as shipping? Then the courier adds a service charge. Then VAT is added to the lot. Then if there's a fault, what a mess returning the camera. I think there is either no duty on still cameras, or it's extremely small. Sometimes there is a small handling f...
Posted by George Lazarette on 21/05/2009 - 23:46
Some simple arithmetic
I wonder what happened to the increase in duty on digital cameras that could shoot video? Remember the furore? There's no doubt that the K7 shoots video. There used to be extra duty on Camcorders that could copy the edited film back again to the Camcorder from the computer. That was why a lot wer...
Posted by shim on 22/05/2009 - 08:12
Some simple arithmetic
IMHO weve had it too good for too long, Pentax have kept their prices down in a bid to gain a higher share of the market, lets face it how many of us would have the top of the range model if we shot with either Canon or Nikon? not many, because the price of those models would be way beyond our budge...
Posted by fatspider on 23/05/2009 - 10:10
Some simple arithmetic
The proposition Pentax have so far made is one of value, but this has not been accepted by the market since their market share has apparently been sliding from already low levels in recent years. It has therefore provided no competitive advantage. I believe the proposition worked well for its inte...
Posted by stevejcoe on 23/05/2009 - 10:53
Some simple arithmetic
I agree that price is not a sustainable competitive adbvantage, but value certainly is. (95% of the features/quality for 75% of the price stills hold true. That last 5 % costs a lot to produce. I take it you used to drive a Skoda or Lada then:P Before you all start screaming for my head I am NO...
Posted by stevejcoe on 23/05/2009 - 11:47
Some simple arithmetic
I agree that price is not a sustainable competitive adbvantage, but value certainly is. Not really. The ability to provide good value - ie price features attractively - versus competitors' products is contingent on a sustainable, superior relative cost position, in order that the business can gene...
Posted by Shaky on 23/05/2009 - 13:18
Some simple arithmetic
You already get a 5% VAT discount since we've 19% vat here. Do we get a discount? I thought we had to pay the local rate. I mean 4% btw my math isn't as good as it was :oops: I thought you could get the VAT back and pay the local VAT of your country... might not be the case then, pitty then :( ...
Posted by Anvh on 23/05/2009 - 17:02
Some simple arithmetic
I agree that price is not a sustainable competitive adbvantage, but value certainly is. (95% of the features/quality for 75% of the price stills hold true. That last 5 % costs a lot to produce. I take it you used to drive a Skoda or Lada then:P Before you all start screaming for my head I am NO...
Posted by fatspider on 23/05/2009 - 19:37
Some simple arithmetic
I bought my DS back in 2004 whilst on a holiday in Florida. Just an extra camera body in my luggage when I came back home. Six months later, Pentax in Slough repaired it under warranty. :-)
Posted by Ammonyte on 25/05/2009 - 12:41
dal or da II
thanks johnriley. bought da-l when i feel i ordered a daII from SRS. Do I keep it? (seems very light) or should I send it back? much better than the 18-55 da I already had. It was £56... PS have had pentax cameras since I bought an SP1000 in 1975. Previously had praktica with domiplan then pentax l...
Posted by bramshill1 on 22/05/2009 - 21:06
dal or da II
Hold on, DA AL is not same thing as the DA-L. All the Pentax 18-55mm lenses have "AL" in the name, so ignore "AL" for now. The DA 18-55mm AL (without "II" in the name) is the original version. It's optically different and commonly thought to be not as good as the mark II. I've used both and my mk...
Posted by AndrewH on 23/05/2009 - 14:28
dal or da II
After a couple of unanswered emails I phoned the dealer yesterday and asked if they would do a straight swap of the lenses (my backup plan being that if they wouldn't I would just return the lens and buy the AL II from SRS). No need - they agreed to swap the lenses at no extra cost.:D Have been usin...
Posted by AndrewH on 29/05/2009 - 09:46
