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Comment by cabstar posted on K-5IIs - more discussion at 01/03/2013 - 09:55
Blueforever wrote:
yeah only sold one other item,
postage £12.50 second class recorded..
Photo's are dark of the item..
I would have sent a courier if my choice to collect. It was on around £370 for ages and I expected it to jump in price but not by that little. Guess it shows just how small the market is for lenses like that...yeah only sold one other item,
postage £12.50 second class recorded..
Photo's are dark of the item..
timothyw wrote:
Wow! Taking a bit of a risk on the seller feedback but I'd go and pick it up for that money.
Wow! Taking a bit of a risk on the seller feedback but I'd go and pick it up for that money.
Comment by cabstar posted on Anyone here get this little bargain?? at 28/02/2013 - 16:59
Comment by cabstar posted on Anyone here get this little bargain?? at 28/02/2013 - 12:55
If it had a better fps I would jump one for my long mf glass...
Comment by cabstar posted on Pentax K-01 discontinued at 26/02/2013 - 14:52
Sensors are the same but I believe the cameras software is slightly improved, increasing ISO capability a very small amount..
Comment by cabstar posted on AP Sensor Test at 25/02/2013 - 22:24
Call them maybe the ebay adverts ran out and havent reposted them yet, I know mine hasnt gone up for sale yet with less than a 1000 actuations..
If the camera was bought from SRS then you can transfer the warranty over, one of the benefits of SRS sponsoring the forum but as you have bought it used already I don't think it will be transferable but I could be wrong..
Defragged wrote:
[quote:3496ace15f="col55555ine"]
k-5
]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PENTAX-K5-BODY-USED-12-MONTHS-WARRANTY-UK-DEALER-11-50...
That's not a bad price but it does have over 11,000 shutter trips!
I didn't think my offer unreasonable considering the low shutter count and the fact that the price I quoted included both postage cost and paypal fees.
It was bought new in July 2012 and I bought it from the original buyer less than a month later in August 2012, so it should I think still qualify for at least 16 months warranty as well, however, in the interests of good will and fairplay I'll go to £465.00 which I think is very fair.
Alternatively I also have a Samsung GX10 (the equivalent of the KD10) which I've owned from new, is in lovely condition, body unmarked, a slight streak to one side of the focus screen but hardly noticeable, a spare battery - not a Pentax but good quality, and a brand new rear screen protector that's not yet been put on the camera. There are a couple of slight smudge marks on the rear screen, but of no consequence and the shutter count stands at 6019. It's not a K5 or a K30 but it is a cracking camera which if you are interested you could have for £175.00 - body only with box and all inclusions, software, leads, charger, etc. Again postage and paypal fees included...
I don't think anyone was having a go, just pointing out other options. [quote:3496ace15f="col55555ine"]
k-5
]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PENTAX-K5-BODY-USED-12-MONTHS-WARRANTY-UK-DEALER-11-50...
That's not a bad price but it does have over 11,000 shutter trips!
I didn't think my offer unreasonable considering the low shutter count and the fact that the price I quoted included both postage cost and paypal fees.
It was bought new in July 2012 and I bought it from the original buyer less than a month later in August 2012, so it should I think still qualify for at least 16 months warranty as well, however, in the interests of good will and fairplay I'll go to £465.00 which I think is very fair.
Alternatively I also have a Samsung GX10 (the equivalent of the KD10) which I've owned from new, is in lovely condition, body unmarked, a slight streak to one side of the focus screen but hardly noticeable, a spare battery - not a Pentax but good quality, and a brand new rear screen protector that's not yet been put on the camera. There are a couple of slight smudge marks on the rear screen, but of no consequence and the shutter count stands at 6019. It's not a K5 or a K30 but it is a cracking camera which if you are interested you could have for £175.00 - body only with box and all inclusions, software, leads, charger, etc. Again postage and paypal fees included...
If the camera was bought from SRS then you can transfer the warranty over, one of the benefits of SRS sponsoring the forum but as you have bought it used already I don't think it will be transferable but I could be wrong..
Comment by cabstar posted on Want to buy: Pentax K-5/K-30 at 25/02/2013 - 22:02
SRS sell used k-5 with 12 months warranty for around £449 they had quiet a few due to the trade in allowance on a new k-5 mkii.
Comment by cabstar posted on Want to buy: Pentax K-5/K-30 at 25/02/2013 - 19:19
Take a pair of pliers to it and snap it off, no fear of shavings getting in then. Its firm plastic so will snap along the join...
Comment by cabstar posted on Vivitar 28mm f/2 - Pentax K but doesn't fit my K100D at 24/02/2013 - 20:45
I'm fortunate my laptop has two hard drives and a built in 32gb ssd, I replaced one if the hard drives with a 256gb ssd so have cache in the 32 the catalogue in the 256 and the raws in the had. Works really well and then I have 16gig memory.
Comment by cabstar posted on Windows 8, 32 bit or 64 at 23/02/2013 - 17:40
Hi John
4/3 i believe is a consortium project including manufacturers fuji, olympus, panasonic, leica, kodak, sanyo and sigma amongst others so has a different future to APS C as they are literally supplying their own sensors to their own bodies. 4/3 could potentislly fill the gap left behind by the decreasing APS C market.
I think as mobile phone sensors improve and quality of photos improve this will also impact the APS market like it has the compact market. Chinese manufacturer Superpix has already been making APS C sensors and it wont be long until they want to venture into the full frame market, reducing prices even more, making them an attractive proposition for camera manufacturers.
The whole DSLR market only has a finite life before something else comes along and disrupts it. Digital disrupted the film photography industry, the mobile phone has changed the photography industry, who could have predicted that just 20 years ago? Smartphones have destroyed the sat nav industry in an even shorter amount of time. Tablets have disrupted the laptop market. We still take photos, we still communicate and we still surf the net just using different tools.
4/3 i believe is a consortium project including manufacturers fuji, olympus, panasonic, leica, kodak, sanyo and sigma amongst others so has a different future to APS C as they are literally supplying their own sensors to their own bodies. 4/3 could potentislly fill the gap left behind by the decreasing APS C market.
I think as mobile phone sensors improve and quality of photos improve this will also impact the APS market like it has the compact market. Chinese manufacturer Superpix has already been making APS C sensors and it wont be long until they want to venture into the full frame market, reducing prices even more, making them an attractive proposition for camera manufacturers.
The whole DSLR market only has a finite life before something else comes along and disrupts it. Digital disrupted the film photography industry, the mobile phone has changed the photography industry, who could have predicted that just 20 years ago? Smartphones have destroyed the sat nav industry in an even shorter amount of time. Tablets have disrupted the laptop market. We still take photos, we still communicate and we still surf the net just using different tools.
Comment by cabstar posted on Full Frame. at 23/02/2013 - 13:53
Comparing sharpness of mkiis to mki proves nothing as they are not the same in terms of improved focus and removal of the aa filter and slightly improved sensor and firmware.
I found the mkii sharper than the mki and put this down to improved focus accuracy, the mkiis sharpness must also significantly be improved via improved focussing than the removal if the aa filter alone.