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Official shop partner?
If you give your forum user name to SRS when ordering you will get free delivery. Second this. Also, Chris comes on here and lets people know about used gear as they get it in, offered at a discount against what it eventually gets listed for on the website. It must also be said that their cust...
Posted by robbie_d on 25/08/2010 - 12:13
Official shop partner?
I'm not having a go at anyone or claiming that SRS are the best shop in the world, but I have used SRS on a numnber of occasions and never had a single issue. On one occasion I bought a second-hand lens which I decided I didn't like. SRS took it back without any hesitation. When I was selling e...
Posted by greynolds999 on 25/08/2010 - 17:53
Stupid Local Council
Let's agree to disagree :). I love my piccies and think photography is a great thing, but I'd rather forego this if ever a child is put at risk because of it. Or if ever a bomb is detonated because of this as well. Yes, I rate those higher than every photo I've ever seen. Oh for god's sake. So p...
Posted by Smeggypants on 27/08/2010 - 18:14
Stupid Local Council
I thought it would be fitting. :) It's from Antoine de Saint-Exupery might you wonder. I really like this one from him. “And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.” To go back to the thread, if...
Posted by Anvh on 28/08/2010 - 19:47
Stupid Local Council
Come on dougf8 !! I`m trying to get to the last of the sun up here but have to keep checking for your next post to cheer me up and make me laugh out loud. Brilliant ideas - next stop basically the same for young adults and "parents" with IQs less than 50 methinks. When I was a lad - sorry - dog po...
Posted by TOZZA27 on 30/08/2010 - 16:10
Stupid Local Council
I ask because I'd like to go and take some more photos from the same location and I would be better armed with some legislation or official info in case the next set of PCSOs are not so polite and are members of the Borg Peado Terror Paranoia Club. :) I would have challenged that certainly - but...i...
Posted by Snootchies on 30/08/2010 - 20:46
Nothumberland - Places of Interest
I'd like to add Crab Soup at Craster...and a delightful little place called Preston Tower. Cragside is superb, as mentioned, and we'll be back there again soon for sure. The Farne Islands are worth a boat ride, although beware low flying birds. They seem to think my head is a Helipad and perhaps ...
Posted by johnriley on 27/08/2010 - 16:12
Nothumberland - Places of Interest
Just back from two weeks in Northumberland. This was our second year at the same place as there was still so much to see. Had a cottage just north of Bamburg on Budle Bay. Weather was fantastic for the time of year. Did spot a Pentax user in the NT house a Wallington ,Cambo on the 8th September bu...
Posted by 1947lcs on 12/09/2010 - 11:45
pentax magazine backcopies... question
Hi all, I got an email a fews weeks ago saying the paper mag was being wound up - I noticed in the pic that one mag had a red kite on the front - anyone know the issue number so i can order one or if anyone has a spare copy to sell? I am interested in it if its got any articles on kites etc... ...
Posted by petrochemist on 27/08/2010 - 07:51
Confession time
I'm feeling much the same way, although I'll be waiting at least till the K-5 before I make any decisions. Which Canon did you get? Basically on my budget I was looking at the 550D or the 50D. The latter felt more solid and the focus seemed faster so that's what I got.
Posted by Oggy on 27/08/2010 - 12:00
Confession time
Congratulations Oggy, I hope the camera serves you well :) If the results aren't good enough, "learn a really difficult technique and practise a lot" seems to be the preferred recommendation, rather than "let's harangue Pentax to bloody well sort it out". Well you buy a camera to practise photogr...
Posted by Anvh on 27/08/2010 - 13:26
Confession time
Well you buy a camera to practise photography so it would be silly to throw the towel in the ring because you need to learn difficult techniques and practise them. Good you might get better in focus shot when you use the AF of the Canon or Nikon but that doesn't give you the thrill when you get the...
Posted by ChrisA on 27/08/2010 - 13:47
Confession time
Good you might get better in focus shot when you use the AF of the Canon or Nikon but that doesn't give you the thrill when you get the shot with a Pentax because you did it well and not the camera :wink: :? What a strange thing to say Stefan. You're starting to sound like one of the Pentax aplogist...
Posted by thoughton on 27/08/2010 - 13:55
Confession time
@Chris you got it :D Please don't assume that because I can see where you're coming from, I agree, because I don't :) The thing is, if I get up at 5.30am to go to an airshow, wait 5 hours for the display to start, have to fight off all the eejits encroaching on my spot, and ultimately have to spe...
Posted by ChrisA on 27/08/2010 - 20:12
Confession time
Hey, guys, I had a thought. Is this a first... someone pops up, announces they're buying a rival brand, and we end up slagging off Pentax (implicitly at least!!) rather than the rival brand and/or the scoundrel and traitor??? :D I took the precaution of donning my Nomex undies before I posted....
Posted by Oggy on 27/08/2010 - 20:36
Confession time
seems to have the best aircraft photography I have found on the net. They did a survey back along as to who used what and the results went along the lines of out of 10, others - 1, Pentax - 1, Noink - 2, C***n - 6. That sent me a message. You mentioned that website, this thread was worth to mentio...
Posted by piotro on 27/08/2010 - 21:07
Confession time
seems to have the best aircraft photography I have found on the net. They did a survey back along as to who used what and the results went along the lines of out of 10, others - 1, Pentax - 1, Noink - 2, C***n - 6. That sent me a message. You mentioned that website, this thread was worth to mentio...
Posted by Oggy on 27/08/2010 - 21:20
Confession time
it has to be said... and it has been before... but if you have a limited and specific need such as that for your cameras, you would be better renting than buying a system. Regardless of brand. Thing is, I have *extremely* limited experience of other brands. I'd need to actually use the alternative ...
Posted by ChrisA on 27/08/2010 - 22:50
Confession time
@Chris you got it :D Please don't assume that because I can see where you're coming from, I agree, because I don't :) The thing is, if I get up at 5.30am to go to an airshow, wait 5 hours for the display to start, have to fight off all the eejits encroaching on my spot, and ultimately have to spe...
Posted by Anvh on 28/08/2010 - 13:04
PENTAX D FA 100mm - £284.89 @ Currys
What is the feeling about the lens? Good/bad/indifferent? Overall good, it's light and handles very good but buildquality is a bit less. The image quality is also very good, very sharp, good colours and contrast without much defects like chromatic aberrations distortions. Also this lens has quick...
Posted by Anvh on 27/08/2010 - 17:08
