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Travor battery grips
There was some discussion of these a while back, did anyone actually buy one? are they any good? I rather fancy a battery grip, but it's just not worth the price of the BG-2 to me.
Posted by Mongoose on 12/11/2009 - 11:15
what causes the Fungus infection?
Remove the cap and expose them to bright sun if you can. Just be careful what's behind the lens as it will focus the rays like a magnifying glass and if there's paper / dry leaves / etc behind then you could easily have a fire on your hands. Exposure to direct sunlight is only bad for lenses if y...
Posted by hefty1 on 16/11/2009 - 12:00
I am the only one with a pentax in our club!! - warnig - rambling post
Well, it was not exactly a Club meet, but: I was in Normandy two weeks back - at the LeClerc Memorial at the North end of Utah Beach - taking a shot of the only Sherman tank that I know of in Free French paintwork. As I walked back to the car, this guy gets out of a French registered car and walks...
Posted by DoctorJeff on 16/11/2009 - 10:18
I am the only one with a pentax in our club!! - warnig - rambling post
My Dad once joined a black powder pistol club. Everyone there was using Le Plage and similar duelling pistols, highly acurate small callibre weapons. Dad produced his own gun, a Perdesoli "Bounty Hunter" horse pistol in .45 calibre and having a barrel ~18 inches long, to general laughter. He e...
Posted by Mongoose on 16/11/2009 - 15:34
I am the only one with a pentax in our club!! - warnig - rambling post
Doh - Am I the only one who's not in a camera club :lol: No you are not. I looked at the Winnipeg Camera Club, and immediately left it. stayed all of two days. Most concieted, arrogant, back stabbing, talk trash behind your back type I ever met...and that was just the leader.. I said so openly, dire...
Posted by Don on 16/11/2009 - 16:05
I am the only one with a pentax in our club!! - warnig - rambling post
I must admit that the level of Pentax owning DSLRs in my Photographic Societies is quite low. Back in the film days there was a much stronger following. However, it is good to have something different that performs so well. If we stick with Pentax and hold our own, then maybe others will follow. Mos...
Posted by grahamwalton on 17/11/2009 - 20:12
Picture Mounting & Framing
For Framing i use a pootatuck Lion Mitre Trimmer bought over 20 years ago, You can make precision cuts with it even as fine as a hairs breadth. To assemble the frame i use a normal PVA wood glue and then fit string around the outside into which i place wooden wedges pushed tightly into the corners u...
Posted by PeteL on 18/11/2009 - 17:06
Picture Mounting & Framing
Thanks guys for your responses, particularly Pete's, very informative :D:D:D:D:D Right then were did I leave that lump hammer and sticky back plastic :lol:
Posted by noddywithoutbigears on 18/11/2009 - 19:56
Merits of different brands
I chose Pentax when I first bought a DSLR as I had used a P30T for a few years beforehand and was very pleased with the results with my 28-80 and 70-210 manual focus lenses. Having then used Pentax in 35mm format I made the decision to buy the K10D and subsequently the K20D. I have been very plea...
Posted by RobE17 on 17/11/2009 - 21:49
Merits of different brands
I started with a blank sheet when I bought my K10D. I'm a Rolleiphile, and if Rollei had made a DSLR I almost certainly wouldn't be here on this forum today. But they didn't. I had a Praktica B-mount SLR with some sweet Zeiss lenses. But no DSLR would use them either. I also had a Leica M6 ...
Posted by hefty1 on 17/11/2009 - 22:26
Merits of different brands
So Why did you choose Pentax and are you still happy with your decision? Jumped ship from Olympus getting on for a year ago. Came to Pentax firstly because the Oly body I was hoping for didn't materialise (I was hoping for a weather sealed E-30). My other motivation was that prior to deciding on...
Posted by Greytop on 17/11/2009 - 23:28
Merits of different brands
I came over to Pentax from Olympus, I wanted to go down the auto focus route and Oly were not offering anything suitable at the time, The Pentax MZ7 was in my budget and was getting good reviews, plus I was allready aware of the desirability of Pentax from the days when I owned a Zenith EM Pentax...
Posted by fatspider on 18/11/2009 - 00:12
Merits of different brands
I opted for Pentax a couple of years ago on the basis of value for money and features. Had previously owned a Pentax film compact, which I was very pleased with, and then a Canon digital compact. After reading around I considered the Pentax K100D Super was probably the best way to go - on the basis ...
Posted by Dr. Mhuni on 18/11/2009 - 07:19
Merits of different brands
This is not meant to start a war; so please only respond with your views, and do not respond in answer to other posts in this thread.But I am interested in different opinions. So Why did you choose Pentax and are you still happy with your decision? How does the Pentax equivalent compare to other...
Posted by K10D on 18/11/2009 - 10:07
Merits of different brands
K10D was and is my first and only digital camera. While deciding (two years ago) I was between Oly (510) and K10D. If I could have afforded (or thought it sensible) myself Oly E-3 and the Pro zoom lenses plus macro...ok, that was my dream. But not sensible. I still think Oly has got excellent ...
Posted by Aiki on 18/11/2009 - 10:54
Merits of different brands
I bought a K10 just under two years ago on the basis of reviews, hands on feel, perceived reputation of Pentax and value for money. I have generally been very happy indeed with the camera, and have taken a large number of pictures of my family I consider priceless. My one gripe about the cam...
Posted by Shaky on 18/11/2009 - 11:45
Merits of different brands
I bought my first SLR in 1974, it was a Practica LLC. A magazine review at the time asked ' is this the poor mans Pentax? ' Such was the esteem of pentax back then. In 1980 I upgraded to a Pentax ME Super. After this I had a sucession of Pentax film SLRs, finishing with a MZ6. My first DSLR was ...
Posted by grahamwalton on 18/11/2009 - 14:39
Merits of different brands
I bought a K10D a couple of years ago as I was keen to get back into SLR photography (having done some at school many years ago, with a Practika BMS) and went into camera world in London and tried out every camera for my budget - Pentax, Nikon, Canon, Olympus... I chose the K10D purely on the basis ...
Posted by matwhittington on 18/11/2009 - 20:05
Merits of different brands
Lens quality and body ergonomics are the main reasons for recommending Pentax, in my view. Plus the fact that the sensors are as good as anything available on competitors' cameras costing considerably more. I have been told that I should be less defensive about the brand, and should acknowledge ...
Posted by George Lazarette on 18/11/2009 - 20:37
Merits of different brands
I had a Spotmatic about 20 years ago which I found in my car a few days after giving a hitch-hiker a lift in Botswana. No way of finding him so I kept it. At the time I had a Zenit so already had some lenses. Was a great camera, lost it a few years ago when moving house, along with a Ricoh KR10. Hop...
Posted by aliengrove on 09/01/2010 - 14:48
