Updated Pentax UK website
Posted 22/10/2008 - 09:22
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Germany is the HQ for Pentax Europe - I think all the webpages originate there. I noticed the problem too, after being redirected to the Pentax UK website by the Pentax NL site, and being confronted with a page full of English and German mixed.
Pentax NL website is hopeless - it redirects you to Pentax UK for most information, and now that is screwed I have to struggle with the German site.
Pentax NL website is hopeless - it redirects you to Pentax UK for most information, and now that is screwed I have to struggle with the German site.
Posted 22/10/2008 - 10:21
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Gwyn,
your command of Dutch should be good enough to master the "Deutsch"
German and English is exactly the right mix for me.
Following the link to the Pentax site, though, it looks like they have cleaned up their act...
your command of Dutch should be good enough to master the "Deutsch"
German and English is exactly the right mix for me.
Following the link to the Pentax site, though, it looks like they have cleaned up their act...
How inappropriate to call this planet earth when it is quite clearly Ocean. - Arthur C. Clarke
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Posted 22/10/2008 - 10:30
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Prieni wrote:
Gwyn,
your command of Dutch should be good enough to master the "Deutsch"
Most of the time it is but sometimes I struggle with words which are very different. If I am really struggling I can always ask my German daughter in law for help.Gwyn,
your command of Dutch should be good enough to master the "Deutsch"
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German and English is exactly the right mix for me.
Following the link to the Pentax site, though, it looks like they have cleaned up their act...
Glad to hear it was only a temporary glitch. I haven't looked today.
German and English is exactly the right mix for me.
Following the link to the Pentax site, though, it looks like they have cleaned up their act...
Posted 22/10/2008 - 11:41
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I see from Hardgravity's link that the button is still in German -jetzt kaufen - but otherwise it seems to have resorted to English.
Posted 22/10/2008 - 11:49
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That's right. And in the lenses the "System KB" I think is not common in English, or is it? I thought that the KB does stand for Kleinbild (small image). (That's probably also the reason why I don't get that "full frame" discussion as the "full frame" in that discussion only is the small image of Kleinbild).
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Posted 22/10/2008 - 15:53
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Prieni wrote:
That's right. And in the lenses the "System KB" I think is not common in English, or is it? I thought that the KB does stand for Kleinbild (small image). (That's probably also the reason why I don't get that "full frame" discussion as the "full frame" in that discussion only is the small image of Kleinbild).
Actually Kleinbild refers to SLR or 24x36. Kleinbild as opposite to Mittel format and Gross format. Before the Dslr age Kleinbild always was used to refer to the 24x36 film format. Nothing to do with small picture.That's right. And in the lenses the "System KB" I think is not common in English, or is it? I thought that the KB does stand for Kleinbild (small image). (That's probably also the reason why I don't get that "full frame" discussion as the "full frame" in that discussion only is the small image of Kleinbild).
HIH,
Martin.
Posted 22/10/2008 - 18:39
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Martin, I do know about Kleinbild, it's only that I'm pretty sure that there is a proper English term for it and it is unlikely that it has the same abbreviation KB. In that respect the Pentax WEB-site still has some German leftovers in the English part.
And in light of the "full frame" discussion it is quite adequate to remember that what is called "full frame" actually was the smallest of formats available in the old days.
Prieni
And in light of the "full frame" discussion it is quite adequate to remember that what is called "full frame" actually was the smallest of formats available in the old days.
Prieni
How inappropriate to call this planet earth when it is quite clearly Ocean. - Arthur C. Clarke
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Posted 22/10/2008 - 18:51
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Hi Prieni.......When I posted my comment and reread it, it already seemed silly (not to say plain stupid) to explain a German citizen something about the German language. Even if we are neighbors. Please accept my apologize. And the translation for Kleinbild could be "35 mm reflex", or something among those lines.
Martin.
Martin.
Posted 22/10/2008 - 19:15
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Some pages are still in german link and link for example. I hope this isn't the way forward, I can only order 2 beers in German, after that I'm....
Cheers, HG
K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
PPG entries.
K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
PPG entries.
Posted 22/10/2008 - 19:45
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Prieni wrote:
...I'm pretty sure that there is a proper English term for it and it is unlikely that it has the same abbreviation KB. In that respect the Pentax WEB-site still has some German leftovers in the English part.
The Pentax UK website has always said 'System KB', and I've always wondered what it stood for, assuming it had something to do with K-mount. Now I know. ...I'm pretty sure that there is a proper English term for it and it is unlikely that it has the same abbreviation KB. In that respect the Pentax WEB-site still has some German leftovers in the English part.
Also, the use of 'standard' (as in 'System KB Standard') is a bit misleading, as it refers to prime lenses, including 300mm etc.
Dan
K-3, a macro lens and a DA*300mm...
Posted 22/10/2008 - 21:29
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Prieni wrote:
snip... it is quite adequate to remember that what is called "full frame" actually was the smallest of formats available in the old days.
Prieni
What about the Pentax 110 system? Dire film but lovely little cameras and lenses.snip... it is quite adequate to remember that what is called "full frame" actually was the smallest of formats available in the old days.
Prieni
Best wishes, Kris.
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
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Other pages are in full german!!!!
Hopefully not a major problem, but there again...
K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
PPG entries.