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DrOrloff wrote:
greynolds999 wrote:
[quote:3496ace15f="elfer"][quote:3496ace15f="fritzthedog"][quote:3496ace15f="elfer"][quote:3496ace15f="Unlocker"]As they are not accepting gift vouchers ...
Administration is about legally protecting a company from its creditors, thus enabling it to be run as a going concern to give time to find an alternative to liquidation. The administrators are thus legally entitled to refuse customer refunds for faulty goods and to refuse to honour gift vouchers. Sometimes they are honoured, other times not. This is where credit (and some debit card) protection is useful. I would urge anyone to be aware of what protection is available always take advantage of it. Plastic gets bad press but used wisely it is very beneficial.

Customers come way down the pecking order. If card protection isn't available (and that is less likely for small amounts) then a claim needs to be made to the administrators. But that is way down the pecking order so I wouldn't hold out much hope. The people to be paid first by the administrators/receivers and liquidators are themselves. And very handsome their fees are too.
Sorry but that's wrong under the sale of goods act no company can refuse a refund for faulty goods, they can of course reject a refund for change of mind.

Obviously sale of goods can be slightly excluded if items are sold in a clearance sale and items are sold under having no warranty etc although they must still comply with the sale of goods act when it comes to item descriptions etc, as Jessops have not yet had a clearance sale and are only in administration then all contracts of sale will apply including the sale of goods act.

Comment by cabstar posted on Jessops in trouble? at 10/01/2013 - 00:01

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My new k-5 mkii finally arrived today and I have been massively impressed with the focussing accuracy and speed under low light.

This is a raw file shot under flourescant converted to jpeg in camera and posted straight to flickr

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Comment by cabstar posted on K-5 mkii DA* 16-50mm f/2.8 first portrait at 09/01/2013 - 23:54

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I've been looking at the 52 but not sure if I will find the touch screen helpful in increasing decreasing flash power, on my metz 48 I know by feel which buttons to press and not often I look at the rear of the flash.

Comment by cabstar posted on Metz or Pentax at 09/01/2013 - 22:28

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If the offer didnt end on 31st Dec I still wouldn't have a mkii so it's thanks from me, I was happy with my deal and trade in. My grr wasn't meant to be insulting merely tongue in cheek, these things happen in the consumer world.

Comment by cabstar posted on K5 II - £100 Extra part-exchange! at 09/01/2013 - 22:26

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I generally use my flash in manual mode and the focus distances are still shown.

If you use manual mode on camera and pttl on the flash e flash should sort out e correct flash exposure, however in real life I found it erratic and tended to make the images dark so some compensation was needed. I found it far to erratic for me and just learnt to use fully manual and adjust the flash output as required myself.

Comment by cabstar posted on Metz or Pentax at 09/01/2013 - 20:17

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Mike-P wrote:
cabstar wrote:
Yes grrrrr.

Still mine arrived today and I am we'll impressed with the low light focus, it actually just works, no hunting no back n forth, just locks on, excellent.
Normal light focus any better?
First impressions yes, I am going to give them both a run through tomorrow, just playing with the mkii at work tonight, have done some street portraits under street lying and no focus problems so far, I am more and more impressed with the low lit focus.

Comment by cabstar posted on K5 II - £100 Extra part-exchange! at 09/01/2013 - 20:12

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Yes grrrrr.

Still mine arrived today and I am we'll impressed with the low light focus, it actually just works, no hunting no back n forth, just locks on, excellent.

Comment by cabstar posted on K5 II - £100 Extra part-exchange! at 09/01/2013 - 18:54

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The metz with LCD screen measure and tell you how far away the subject is along with the focal length of your zoom.

Comment by cabstar posted on Metz or Pentax at 09/01/2013 - 18:52

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I was in my local jessops during the Xmas break, I wanted a monopod preferably a manfrotto. I was asked what's a monopod?

It seemed they had a cheap one in stock, but no manfrotto, despite their website showing they had them in stock. An utter shambles of a store that couldn't sell me anything I wanted for what must be over three years now due to no stock and repeatedly being told to order direct from the website, which if I'm going to do that then I will order by price alone.

Comment by cabstar posted on Jessops in trouble? at 09/01/2013 - 18:50

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Is there a pentax museum?

Comment by cabstar posted on 100 Colours of Q10 at 08/01/2013 - 14:30

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