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Possible New Pentax User
Well I'm not going back to Sony I played with the A500 and A550 today and I was not at all impressed feels very cheap and plasticky. However the Pentax K7 felt excellent very well built and compact, is the K20/GX20 as well built? K20D/GX20 are both built very well, although not a mag alloy body li...
Posted by Mike-P on 21/11/2009 - 13:25
Possible New Pentax User
The ideal lens for Pentax/Samsung is the SMC Pentax-DA 55-300mm, which is superb. There is a new lighter L version as well, but I would prefer the original with metal mount and Quick Shift. Quick Shift is the ability to tweak the focus manually after AF has operated. This is a very, very usefu...
Posted by johnriley on 23/11/2009 - 16:05
Possible New Pentax User
An interesting thread with a twist that no one was expecting. Almost movie material :lol: Well it seems Chrism was wobbling between various manufacturers if you read back through the posts on the 'other' forum. Looks like he had a fairly strong allegiance to Sony and that shone through for him in...
Posted by Greytop on 03/12/2009 - 22:44
Possible New Pentax User
An interesting thread with a twist that no one was expecting. At the end of the day buy what your heart tells you (we all do in the end), to me it looks like you would be happier going back to Sony. :wink:
Posted by Mike-P on 03/12/2009 - 23:10
Possible New Pentax User
Sounds like a bit of bargain Chris, were there any other features other than price and handling of the GX20 that turned you back to Sony. Btw I see that neither the body or lenses offer weather and dust protection (useful for landscape photography):wink:
Posted by Greytop on 07/12/2009 - 10:37
buying my first DSLR
I'd stretch to the 55-300 option. Is really is an excellent lens and will give you a much more versatile setup. It is slightly bulkier than the 50-200 but its image quality is noticably better and you get quite a bit more reach. Very useful for photographing stone work on the roof of buildings in ...
Posted by MarkD on 16/11/2009 - 12:18
buying my first DSLR
This is likely to get lengthy I fear - sorry. First let me say a HUGE thanks to you all - I'm really beginning to grasp some of the facts of DSLR life , and these are coming in digestible chunks - I don't learn well from books so this is really wonderful. @ Greytop weight is a consideration ...
Posted by techno-terminator on 16/11/2009 - 15:34
buying my first DSLR
This is quite a good little gimmick, despite the fact its from Canon:D It will give you an idea of what each focal length can "see" from a given point. Nice link Mr IS,thank you,very eye opening.(excuse the reverse-pun) Right,and here is where I might get shot down in flames...being a New...
Posted by fatspider on 16/11/2009 - 18:23
Compatibility of film SLR flash
Hi Ian : are you the 'famous' Ian Sheppard of Brentwood who had 47 pentaxes and used to belong to Brentwood Photographic Club and photographed Foxes in the back garden ? PS I also have a Sunpak Auto 36 DX : you sold me a Pentax adapter for 10 quid but I have put back the original Olympus one and giv...
Posted by Peter Elgar on 16/11/2009 - 10:38
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But as the alternative is IE I'm sticking with Firefox! My sentiments exactly. I find one or two web sites play up with firefox but I use a mixture of windows and Linux machines and prefer to use one browser. It appears to size images differently in some circumstances. If a site can't be bothered to...
Posted by KevinWood on 19/11/2009 - 00:37
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Pentax cash back promo.I had similar experience as Hyram and was told the same thing regarding my application.I quickly realised from the spoken english of the lady answering the helpline that eventhough the telephone number belongs to a uk std code, the call is transferred to somewhere in holland. ...
Posted by pkh27uk on 09/12/2009 - 11:15
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I must not forget to mention the efficiency of Royal mail, I sent my cash back application to Pentax by recorded signed for on the 29th nov and to this day royal mail tracking system says my letter is going through their network eventhough it was delivered. You have found how the PO will take your...
Posted by polchraine on 09/12/2009 - 14:28
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But I don't expect it to go wrong.... Hi, It's not that I expect it to go wrong, just that I don't feel confident that it will go right. As has been pointed out Pentax are a reputable company, but I remember following a similar US-based story a while back on dpr concerning one of the other big c...
Posted by jonathand on 10/12/2009 - 08:19
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I am also concerned that I had to send of the original reciept which of course i might need for the 2 year warranty - i assume we get these back and if not will the warranty be honoured??
Posted by selectcase on 31/01/2010 - 21:44
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For cash back rebates here in the states especially for things like camera equipment or computers, they generally give you a second receipt so you have one for the rebate and one for any warranty questions later. I would be very concerned about handing over all proof of purchase no matter what. If a...
Posted by Photomonk on 31/01/2010 - 22:27
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I have had similar problems with HP cash back promotions when purchasing printers for work Graham
Posted by Technoblurb on 05/03/2010 - 11:50
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OMG! yes 13 weeks and I've got my cash - back. This is the very first time I've made a cashback claim and I don't really understand what they are all about. Someone somewhere, but I presume not Pentax, has been sitting on my £100 for 13 weeks and investing it in something or other. Meanwhile Pen...
Posted by aybee on 10/03/2010 - 18:54
K20D vs K-X
I began my Pentax involvement with a K100D bought at a knockdown price just as it was about to discontinued - from Jessops, back in the days when high street stores still sold Pentax kit. I loved it, still do. Last year I made the mistake (entirely down to my own lack of research) of buying th...
Posted by patduffy on 18/11/2009 - 23:47
K20D vs K-X
Oh no it seems we agree but we misunderstood each other :D However I can make it do other things if I wish - with it's bells and whistles and still remain in control That was what I was trying to say and that cameras as the K10D lack those bells and whistles and are harder control. The only th...
Posted by Anvh on 19/11/2009 - 00:23
K20D vs K-X
It depends on the course I believe. I also did advance one and one did dropped out because she couldn't control the camera correctly. They will assume you know how the camera work and you will not be using scene modes either, most used mode were Av and manual. Also the focus was not on getting ...
Posted by Anvh on 19/11/2009 - 14:43
