Simply removing the Bayer array colour filter will do the job.
The resolution will increase with 3X for red and blue colours and 2X for green when doing that.

You could still shoot colour if you like with the help of filters.
So first you place a red filter and take a photo, then a blue and a green one, you could even use more I believe but that's enough to get an accurate colour image in the end.
Not usefull for portrait but it can be used for product shots and maybe landscapes.
You will end up with a sharper photo this way then with a Bayer array.

It's most likely you wouldn't be the only one with a camera, if that is the case I wouldn't worry too much, but hey that's me and I live in a different country.

Only way I would be worried about is if you sell them but that isn't the case as you said.

When thinking a bit more about it, the heads use a cushion of air to keep enough distance of the plates so simply transporting them shouldn't be a problem regardless the altitude or air density.

About the aircraft, the cargo hold is pressurized.
The air gets pumped from the front of the pax compartment to the back and there are vent valves/holes on the side of the floor. When having a leak or such those can literary blow wide open so that the air pressure above the floor is the same as under it.

True but they certainly aren't the cheapest option when looking at the price per GB, certainly not with the high end cards.

What would you think of such device link


A quick search says that they are €299,- so around £255,- without a hard disk. Netbooks are close to the price but it's not that easy to swap disk but you can use external drives of course.
Todays 2.5" 500GB harddisks are €75 (£65) making them €0,15 (£0,13) per GB, you can't beat that with SD cards.
Since you can swap harddisks that means you can first save the SD card on one and then on another harddisk so that you always have a backup.

Of course it depends on how many photos you make what is cheaper but with holidays I found myself shooting around 4gb a day in raw... might be better to switch to JPG with the holidays but then again RAW can give you better results...

First time hearing that one Micheal, do you want to enlighten us and explain why?

I'm also wandering why people take a laptop with them for the simple reason to back up the flash card. Any reasons behind that besides that you may lose the SD card?

There are image tanks on the market, which might be all that you need.

Depends on the sport really, with swimming I can see the problem but with auto sport I pan the shots so shutter speed isn't a problem their and focusing speed. Football and other outdoor sports in good weather shouldn't be a problem either.

Lemmy have stated the other options and the 70-200 lens might be what you want, with F/2.8 you will have iso400 instead of iso800.

Where are you going and what are you planning to shoot?

The 18-250 covers almost everything and if you like the lens then that's the only lens you really need but I can see that you would want a bit more quality or lighter weight sometimes.

In most situations a 17-70 lens is all that you need so depending on what you want to shoot it might be interesting too look for that lens.

Or else the kit lens with the 55-300 is also a fine combination depending on your need and if you want to take your 18-250 with you or not.

Really try a firmware update, it will reset all settings and restore the files. it would solve the problem if that is it.
If it's a hardware problem it wouldn't solve it though but an update would not change your situation.

So not a custom interface but simply something like the USER mode but then as "start up" presetting, that would be great indeed.

Joe the Shake reduction has being their from the K10D and I haven't heard any problems with it so I wouldn't worry too much.
The part I would be the most worried about is the alignment of the mirror, it's quite a preciese piece that part but that has being in a SLR for a long time.

Like said most features now a days is software, no components are added.
What I do worry about is that those software slows it a bit down but to be honest it's still very fast so maybe I'm worrying too much here.

The feel of the Pentax is one of the best in every class so they got that right. Also on other forums and here you notice that Pentax camares are quite durable, never heared of a button that doesn't work.
The most common problems with Pentax is the sensor besides that there are the few unlucky ones but it isn't that bad.

For auto aperture the camera needs the info from the Lens that it is an auto aperture lenses so it's a fault between the comunication of the two, it might be the contacts or something else.
Try a firmware upgrade then atleast you know it isn't that, if you still have a problem send it back to the shop or to Pentax.