Got my replacement K10D at last !

Got the'call' from Jessops Chelmsford that my replacement K10D was in so I went on my free pensioners' Bus Pass over there ! The manager didn't know anything about it: I told him someone had 'phoned; he went into back office and came out with a Pentax K10D box this time sealed in sellophane, a good sign ! Also another lens but he said I would get only the body. I gave him back the faulty body and stuff and checked to see that the instructions were indeed all in ENGLISH this time; I explained my Chinese Mandarin was OK but my Chinese Cantonese was a bit rusty, but luckily all in English ! Well, I have tried it out, works OK with kit lens and 'A' series as well as a screw lens with the adapter. I haven't put on my Metz 45CL3 with SCA Pentax adapter this time in case it blows up the works ! Maybe I'll phone Metz for advice. I got a 'card reader'from Tescos Romford and followed the instructions but had trouble finding where it was in Computer; after a search found it and downloaded test pics into FotoStation and edited them and sent some to the Yellow Advertiser to see if they were OK . Did a press job yesterday ON FILM, a local yobbo had to clean up his Graffitti on the wall of a Chinese Takeaway while the owner and the police watched and 4 newspaper snappers snapped away.I'll take the plunge and try out the famous DIGITAL next !

Peter,

It's clearly escaped your attention, but we've all (well, almost all) taken the plunge, and bought digital cameras.

We've all bought card readers; we've all struggled with the manual; we've all actually taken some pictures.

And guess what? We're all still alive.

Now go and take some pictures yourself, and report back when you have something interesting to say, or some good pictures to post.

Blow-by-blow accounts of taking the bus to Chelmsford or plugging in a card-reader aren't, per se, terribly interesting.

G

hey,
he just have a bit of novel writer in him. Leave him alone. Surely, you can skim through...

I hang out on an number of forums, as I expect most of us do. And one of the things that happens is that people sometimes post things that aren't of interest to all.

Universally, however, I find those that carp on about how uninteresting other people's posts are, even less interesting, despite the fact that the curmudgeonly grumpiness that usually goes along with the carping can be entertaining in its own way.

I've only been here a short time but it's nice to see Peter E making his journey from film to digital. I'm not offended by his occasional diary entry along the way.

I'm not bothered at all by it either

By the way Peter - I have used a Metz 50MZ5 with SCA3702 on the K10D with absolutely no problems whatsoever. Any of the SCA adaptor stuff will be perfectly ok. Just be aware that TTL will not work - you are "restricted" to A and M on the flash (but I'm sure that's not a problem for you )

EDIT: You'll find that Metz list the 45CL3 with SCA adaptor for all the *ist-D series. http://www.metz.de/downloadFile.php?type=adapterarchiv&lang=en
There'll be no problem on the K10D

Matt

Peter, I am glad you have got your camera at last. Now relax and have fun with it.
And I, for one, like your style - it makes me laugh as I sit here with my cup of coffee. I can just see you trekking off on the bus and giving the guy in jessops a tough time. Good for you!

Hope you will post some of your efforts here, with a great story attached to them!

hi Peter, glad to hear you now have a K10D which works! I am very much looking forward to seeing what you produce with it, having enjoyed the film shots you have posted in the past.

George, give it a rest . . . please.

Your posts are getting more and more personal, and less and less about the subject of photography.

You might like to ponder that before lashing out again.

Looking after the frail and elderley can be frustrating, I know, I've done it. How can we help?

Regards,

To whom are we referring

One thing about this forum, it has its characters - great fun

Graham

Hi Graham,

George's parents, the reason he moved to IoM.

Cheers

Liam

That's alright then. I thought for a minute Mannesty was offering to provide a care home for Peter Elgar I was thinking of joining him - in the home!

Graham

Peter,

Newton's third law stated that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. My posts are a response to the negativity that has been prevalent from some quarters recently. As such, they are perhaps a bit negative themselves.

However, Peter Elgar has now started posting some (quite good) pictures, which is great, and I'm just waiting for Viewfinder to do the same.

And for somebody else to stop re-posting pictures he's posted already!

G

LOL ! ! !