Yes that's why I said cards with a write speed of 20mb/s or more the transcends are 17mb/s despite what they say and I wouldn't have thought the 7 day cards would have been faster than 20 mb/s

The later transcend class 10 cards where actually slower than the previous version....

I hope currys stock these, I have a big voucher to spend with them....

Looks like the Kingston SDXC card has a write speed up to 35mb/s I think the sandisk has a write speed of 30mb/s but shooting speed is limited by the camera body up to 20mb/s rather than card limitation...

Hmm that's strange results, I have never seen any difference in shooting speed in any card of 20MB/s or more in either the gx20, k-r or the k-5 in my tests. I also don't see how the first second can be any faster as the buffer would not be filled by a second of shooting which on the k-r would be 6 shots.

Any court case involving SOGA always asks how much the item costs and this usually reflects in how long an item should last. Any dslr will fall into the should last longer than 18 months territory.

You could also if johnsons won't do a warranty repair ask them a price for this and then go back to Amazon asking for that amount, the fact they have offered to pay a sum to you would help any court case. I should also stress my past dealings with Amazon have usually been handled with nothing but the utmost professionalism and to my satisfaction.

Let us know what happens when you call johnsons, I have found them to be very helpful in past warranty experiences.

I would also give johnsons a call to see if amazon are a Pentax Pro dealer, they would be more helpful than Amazon..

Amazon's response is totally correct, however they have missed out one very important part of SOGA.

When using the 2 year or 6 year statute it is up to the retailer to prove the item was not faulty within the first 6 months not the customer. As you have evidence that this is a common fault as seen on many forums etc.. You can easily argue the camera did have a fault at manufacture and within the 6 months, even though the fault did not become apparent until long after that.

Fritzthedog is also correct in going down the not of satisfactory quality route, I would use both routes

I would write back telling them they have 7 days to repair or replace the camera with links to the internet where these faults have been confirmed. if they do not comply you will be going down the moneyclaim route.

I usually fill in the forms online and take a screen print and enclose these with the letter, but don't pay or start the action, this lets them know you mean business and usually results in a result in your favour.

Was the sandisk the extreme or extreme pro??? The pro is 95mb/s compared to 45mb/s on the extreme....

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