If you post links at least read what they say
"In the early 1980s, the British electrical and photographic retailer Dixons acquired the rights to the Miranda brand and used it on a range of photographic equipment. This included badge-engineered versions of Cosina cameras which were distributed in several European countries."

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If you have ever listened to what little knowledge salespeople in even the top retailers in the UK know. It's probably better that they don't stock Pentax.

I was in Jessops once and cringed when the saleswoman showing a Pentax to a potential customer said that the biggest problem with it was that it took AA batteries which I considered a PLUS Why was she being so negative

Eneloop batteries aren't sold in our big retailers. They go for cheap batteries sold at Eneloop prices which brings a big profit. They don't care that the batteries are rubbish and will give their customers big problems.

For years salespeople were expected to steer customers away from top marques and towards own brands such as Miranda, Chinon etc.

In the 70's dealers joined groups to bring out their own label stuff and have more buying power to match mail order.
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Typing Leica into both of those sites just brings up a few Panasonic cameras with Leica lenses and Smartphones with Leica lenses...... So does that mean (since the 1930's) Leica is also Doomed

I've only ever seen new Leica's in about two shops in Preston and Manchester and that was years ago.

Nothing beats the service you get in the Manchester shops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLubV-gH584

Lot of moaning for moanings sake on Pentax sites
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I'm going to write and record a song called "Pentax is Doomed" and sell it on Amazon Should be a massive Hit!

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New Ricoh Store and Gallery Opening September

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I'm sure that remark will cheer the buyer up!

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He's got great taste!

If you scroll down the videos he likes ... you will see that he is a fan of

Riley kestrel 1100cc Austin Morris

The 1100's the star

1970 Austin America

All from the Golden Era of Pentax
I want an Austin 1100 to match my Spotmatic from 1970

Why does his video keep fluctuating between light and dark

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Hi Martin, that's the same charger I use. Excellent. Still available for £32 posted. It really sorts out the good from the bad. I left it running on the Lidyl 3200 and it couldn't get any of them past 1200 mAh

It can't charge batteries that are at 0 volts, so if you have an old cheap bog standard charger put them in that for about 5 mins to get the voltage above zero and then use the BL-70.
EDIT: Looks like they may have fixed the 0 volt problem on the latest version. It's very rare and usually a duff battery that has 0 volts, but a few charge/discharge cycles can bring them back to life.

http://www.batterylogic.co.uk/technoline/technoline-BL700.asp

Amazon have it as well for the same price.

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It stops the lens down so it should be OK.

Proper de-clicking requires a mechanical brake inside the lens, otherwise it's too sloppy and loose

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It wouldn't stay on the 'A' setting (no ball bearing)

Why do they use a de-clicked lens anyway? The DOF will change as they stop down plus possibly focus shift. All editors can do fades in and out anyway

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