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Mike-P wrote:
I would have bought the K20D a long time ago if the Liveview had been better with a tiltable screen.
What I am after is something like the Canon 40D where you can zoom in 100% and use it as a focus aid for macro.
That is what I would like - my friend has the C***n and uses the live view feature most of the time!
Andy

Comment by alfpics posted on New Pentax camera? at 14/04/2009 - 20:39

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Try Amazon for the newer 4GB Extreme III 30 MB/s edition.
Richard - I know it says its 30Mb/s in the blurb, but if you look at Picstops site, the 30MB/s version seems to have exactly that printed on the card;
http://www.picstop.co.uk/Secure-Digital-SDHC/SanDisk-Extreme-III-30MB-sec--Secur...%28SDHC%29---4GB

Andy

Comment by alfpics posted on Urgent - Srs Microsystem at 13/04/2009 - 23:47

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I use one quite a bit as I have a tendency to get sloping horizons when relying on eye-line-up only!

The one you link to is very cheap

Andy

Comment by alfpics posted on Spirit level at 12/04/2009 - 15:58

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Any restriction on Google may well end up being a restriction on us, so be careful what you wish for...
Good point, John.
Andy

Comment by alfpics posted on Anti terror laws at 09/04/2009 - 13:11

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Is this any good for you?
I don't think so - it is only good for the cameras using 4 x AA batteries, not the higher voltage Lithium-Ion ones that K10D/ K20D use
Andy

Comment by alfpics posted on Mains adapter for K20d at 09/04/2009 - 13:07

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Great stuff - congrats! Your pf of work looks great
Andy

Comment by alfpics posted on Good News from Lilly at 06/04/2009 - 11:04

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Posted my K10D just over 2 weeks ago - still not back. It was in for repair - I dropped it

Nothing happened for first week - it had been booked in incorrectly, and didn't discover it until I rang up!. Should be back very soon - in part dependent on whether they needed to wait for parts to come in

Andy

Comment by alfpics posted on Pentax repairs .. return times? at 04/04/2009 - 09:56

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Any Pentax K-mount TC will go between the lens K-mount and body (except Ricoh ones which IIRC have a pin, and/ or electrical contacts that are different and can damage the camera). I don't have much experience of TCs myself, however I do recall that in the distant past Tamron made a specific TC that would fit between the Tamron mount and the adaptall mount!

I am sure someone else will be along to give further advice!

Andy

Comment by alfpics posted on Tamron Zoom + Tele Converter - is this bad ? at 30/03/2009 - 11:26

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Loaded quick on IE, and quick to navigate around. No clutter. Some very nice piccies on there - a good job!

Andy

Comment by alfpics posted on New web-site at 30/03/2009 - 08:37

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Hi and welcome!

You can add a TC to your lens. However the quality will degrade over just using the lens on its own. Also with the lens, you will only be able to use the meter in manual mode (something I have found with my old tamron 80-210). You will have to go into the menu system on the K10D and make sure you set it to use lens on other than 'A' setting.

I found my old lens lacks a bit in contrast and suffers some fringing compared to the modern lenses.

Hope that helps

Andy

Comment by alfpics posted on Tamron Zoom + Tele Converter - is this bad ? at 30/03/2009 - 08:31

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