Pentax User on PDF

I would like the PDF version as the idea of having it readily available on the laptop, PDA, etc., sounds attractive.

I currently have around 15 magazine subscriptions not to mention association and club dues. Having PU as an electronic file would make delivery much more timely, cut costs, and reduce my already overburdened storage (I hold on to too many back issues).

I have avoided subscribing to PU due to the international cost and this method would certainly make membership more viable.

Mike

I would by happy to subscribe for an on line version

I like the paper version , but times are hard and the pdf for £10 sounds good to me .

Living mostly in Greece as I do, I definately would subscribe to the pdf. Apart from the higher cost aspect, I've largely given up on receiving printed matter due to postal unreliability issues.

Thanks for the poll BTW.

I like the printed issue but can see the advantages of a PDF copy so I do not mind which way it goes. I will have to decide which to pay for when the time comes. So either way for me sitting on the fence! Johnwnjr.

I much prefer a printed copy. You can read it anywhere at anytime, without having to turn the computer on. Even if I printed the PDF (which isn't saving paper and is the reason for this survey) I couldn't obtain the high quality (and admire the wonderful photographs) that I get from the copy that drops through the letterbox. It's a bit like downloading music; I still prefer to buy the CD (or DVD) as you can play it around the house, in the car, on a computer (and even [legally] copy it to iTunes for use on an iPod). Downloaded music has some restrictions and limitations and if a hard drive fails (assuming you don't do back-ups) it could mean your entire music collection is lost. Imagine losing all your PDF copies of the Pentax User magazine!

The aesthetic pleasure of a real magazine is so much more preferable to a pdf document. But in pdf form, it is going to be preferable to being without the magazine at all, if you are not going to be in one place all the time, as many of us are not. A choice would be a good thing.

Wow many new users, where did you all come from?

From out of the woodwork it seems.

PDF makes sense, but I am not sure which I would choose. I would suggest leaving the option of getting printed + PDf at current prices or only PDF.

I've said 'no' because I'd sooner take the mag on the train (national rail services) rather than cart a computer everywhere I go.





From a life elsewhere.

Carry on....

I answered No, I look forward to my hard copy through the post. I spend all day looking at a computer screen for work, look at a computer screen to process photos, look at a computer screen viewing this forum, its nice to occasionally have a break from a screen mouse and keyboard. The hard copy magazine fulfils this perfectly, please keep it in its current format.

There is no way I would do this. I dislike reading things on line. I have been a Pentax Club member for 25+ years. I own a range of Pentax cameras (5 SLRs from MX to DSLR, plus film compacts and Optios). I read the magazine from cover to cover and also save them for a year or more for future reference. If the magazine were to become solely available on line you would lose a loyal member!

Indeed welcome all

Over 2 or 3 years it would be common to get everything digital, if it's a good or bad things is another story but it's the way forward.
You can even make the PU interactive

I prefer the printed version and would even be prepred to pay extra to keep it!