Robert White with Pentax gear They've always been very
cold towards Pentax stuff in the past..... dealers like that I
can live without

There's still a lot of Bowens Monolites in use and on Ebay.

If anyone wants the info on formatting these it's here in a thread
that has gone on for about 6 years

You normally have to do this with mains flashes that have large capacitors. Sometimes they are OK if not done other times they just die
3 months sounds a bit too much.... 12 months is more usual, but if the manufacturer says 3 months.... 3 months it is

This is the camera that went for £350 Pentacon Super. It had interchangeable finders.... years before the LX...... Fully open metering.... years before the Spotmatic F + a lot of cheap Practica parts

Edit: If anyone really wants one and has £994 to spare link
Still not the f/1.4 lens though

I couldn't believe it when I saw a Practica go for £350 last week. Mind you it was the most advanced M42 camera ever made. It didn't even have the proper lens for that price.... it only had a cheapo The proper lens would have been a CZ Pancolor 50mm f/1.4 and they go for £350 on their own..... so £700 camera and lens

Looks promising. In another month the conditions should be
considerably better and you should be able to see the full
box of tricks

Excellent test/review site Simon. I'm surprised that no one's commented on it..... then again maybe not tests tell the truth and Pentax users prefer to make it all up as they go along!

I see that he's spotted another K-5 fault with regard to PF

Also nice to see some of the old junk that people think is the bees knees and pay ridiculous prices for tested. Such as the 'K Series' 35mm f/3.5 that went for about £120 just over a week ago Lousy edge performance, PF and low contrast Yeah! that's worth £120

The 50mm shoot off is interesting.

Glad to hear you got one for the old price.
Very strange that the price has shot up lately?

Excellent shots!!......... but you would be better with a
multi-coloured K-k

Mike-P would have made her very happy with a new ironing board!!