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Getting to grips with digital SLR

Desguy
Posted 15/03/2010 - 01:49 Link
Hi,

New to digital SLR, but hoping soon to follow in my Dad’s footsteps as a Pentax man – when I can find out what I need!
I’ve used a wide variety of film cameras, and was reasonably competent in the darkroom (B&W).
But I had to give that up in 1985 when working abroad.
Now I have specific requirements in choosing an SLR, but finding out what will fit the bill hasn’t proved too easy, so I will definitely be posting a few questions for help.

Regards,
John
John

K20D
CoDa
Posted 15/03/2010 - 09:00 Link
Hi John, welcome to the forum.
You have an intersting web site, look forward to seeing some shots of your work ?
Colin

“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.”
Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797)


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tomkeet
Posted 15/03/2010 - 09:22 Link
Hi and welcome to the Forum.
Regards
Tom

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SMC PENTAX-DA 1:4 15mm ED AL Limited, SMC PENTAX-DA 1:3.2 21mm AL Limited,
SMC PENTAX-F 1:2.8 28mm, SMC PENTAX-FA 1:2 35mm AL,
SMC PENTAX-FA 1:1.4 50mm, SMC PENTAX-DA 1:2.4 70mm Limited,
SMC PENTAX-D FA MACRO 1:2.8 100mm WR, SMC PENTAX-DA* 1:4 300mm ED [IF] SDM,
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Greytop
Posted 15/03/2010 - 09:29 Link
Welcome to the forum John
Regards Huw

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paulgee20
Posted 16/03/2010 - 17:51 Link
Hi John

Enjoy it in 'here' great site for Pentax fanatics............

Regards


Paul
K5's (2)both gripped, K10d gripped, Pentax 28-90 f3.5, Sigma 18-250mm, Sigma 150-500mm. Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro, Sigma 10-20 f.4-5.6.EX DC, Hoya 135 f2.8, Take on 28mm f2.8 Pentax AF360 flash, 2 fill in slaves. 30 metre remote release, Rt angle viewfinder, Giotto NOT 3261B Tripod with Manfrotto 808Rd4 ball head, Manfroto 4861RC2 monopoly, shoulder stock, various filters etc, Panasonic SET HBS HD Video cam, Tamrac Explorer 8x backpack and a sore back.....
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bforbes
Posted 16/03/2010 - 19:40 Link
Hi and Welcome to the Forum.
StephenLewis
Posted 16/03/2010 - 19:57 Link
Hi John and welcome. I have only been here a very short while myself, but I assure you this is the place to ask questions. The response is fast from very good people. Glad also, for your own sake, to hear you have decided to join the Pentax fold. I look forward to seeing some samples of your work.

Cheers,

Stephen
I gladly welcome C & C's. Being foggy minded they really help me learn.
Desguy
Posted 16/03/2010 - 21:02 Link
Thanks for the warm greeting everyone.
Colin, Thanks, the web site has been twenty years in the making.
Gareth, I'm in sunny Griffithstown-by-the-Sea

Presently hoping for a chance on bretbysteve's K20D!

John
John

K20D
Desguy
Posted 17/03/2010 - 11:33 Link
"Pontypool boy" - Ooooo that's a bit cruel
Actually I'm a foreigner (from the Midlands), and it's OK here.
Yes the 4042 is just down the road.

Anyway, I'm shortly to be a Pentax man in "fact" as well as theory, when my "excellent ++ condition" K20D arrives from SRS Microsystems
I think I was lucky because I couldn't find it on their site direct, I got to it via a Google shopping link.
Complete boxed set with kit lens plus an extra battery; it was a good price including VAT, and I'm registered, so even better.
Normally I'm guessing it wouldn't have been there for long.

Woohoo
John

K20D
Desguy
Posted 19/03/2010 - 13:15 Link
Well I’ve got my K20D
SRS described it as "excellent ++ condition", and that’s an understatement.
But it’s a bit of a puzzler.
I downloaded PhotoMe and the shutter count says 10005.
If it was only 5, I wouldn’t have been surprised. But the file name of a shot just taken is IMGP9771.JPG, so this would suggest file memory has been on for most of its use and it’s correct. Also, having two spare batteries with it would suggest a lot of use.

However, apart from just being able to detect on the mount that a lens has previously been put on, there isn’t a single mark anywhere (and I went over it with x10 loupé!), nor any polishing from handling. It’s 100% mint; lens likewise (18-55 DA).
Leads are still packed never used, CDs also. Manual may have been read but not heavily.
First thoughts when I got it was, “this is new, bought as present and gave up when started to read the manual”.
I don’t know; how can a camera have had so much use, but no physical signs of ever being used?

If it wasn’t for only costing £449 (incl. VAT), I’d have thought it had been re-bodied.
Anyway, I’m a very happy bunny.
John

K20D
i-Berg
Posted 20/03/2010 - 01:37 Link
All the best with it John! Welcome.
bforbes
Posted 20/03/2010 - 09:20 Link
Is it just me or have all the posts disappeared from this thread. I see not, but they did not appear when i opened it via a notification?????
Edited by bforbes: 20/03/2010 - 09:23
techno-terminator
Posted 20/03/2010 - 09:35 Link
Yesterdays fiddling behind the scenes has a lot to answer for . Things are not as they used to be
let the education continue

proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
bforbes
Posted 20/03/2010 - 09:37 Link
I missed that-Who was fiddling with what?
techno-terminator
Posted 20/03/2010 - 09:38 Link
Server maintenance or something = lasted about 30 mins , but since then .......
let the education continue

proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs

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