As to how it happened?

Apparently, as good as the Lowepro Slingshot 200 is, either I had way too much packed in it, or the padding doesn't do as much as I'd like. Don't get me wrong, I'm not really blaming the bag, but hey, I didn't do it...

The bag, packed and zipped, fell a couple feet from a chair to the floor, and landed just right (or wrong I guess ) Maybe something was packed behind the LCD screen or something, I didn't notice...

Anyway, the next time I turned it on, there it was...

Oh well, I've picked up a K20D, and though I didn't need them, the body alone was the same price as the body with both kit lenses... They'll probably be for sale very soon...

Now I just gotta figure out the lens focus adjustment thing - not sure I need it, but I wanna know how to do it anyway...

Broke but happy,
Jamie

Sure - that parts simple. It's the making money at it that's harder...

Inventory, wages, advertising, the list goes on... Hard to imagine any "new" independents opening up anytime real soon...

We don't have Jessops here, but the big box electronic stores (Future Shop, Best Buy) have done pretty much the same thing in Ontario. The only "real" camera shop (local to me) has just discontinued the Pentax line - now it's at least an hour east (two west) to find a brick & mortar shop that actually has Pentax stock...

Jamie

Just wondered if anyone had done this yet... Trying to figure out if this is the route to go - fix it, or put the money towards a K20D....

How much did it cost to fix it?

Jamie

Maybe I'm missing something, but from the looks of that (and the google translation) it's basically a bluetooth GPS receiver/logger. Though not Pentax, they've been out for quite a while... I have one from Qstarz that cost less than C$90.00 14 months ago. It came with software that will update your exifs with Lat/Long based on the time the photo was taken. Just make sure the camera time is synced with GPS time.

Is the Pentax model rumoured to do more ? Direct communication with camera?

Jamie

This isn't a hardware, media or format issue. It's strictly software.

Your software...

When not pressed for time, I try to shoot more deliberately (which for me means much more slowly), and I like to think that the lack of quantity shooting this way is made up for, at least a little bit, but higher quality images.

Don;

You mentioned going across 17 to Ottawa - it's an OK trip if you like trees and rocks... If you have the time, you should go down Southern Ontario way... Check out Wasaga beach on the way south and then take a quick tour through Niagara (Wine country - doncha know), and maybe check out Prince Edward County (Sandbanks - one of the nicest freshwater beaches in North America) and Kingston and the Thousand Islands district (some incredible B&B's here). I don't know if you live far enough west to actively dislike Toronto (the demark changes person to person) but there are lots of things to see...

Well, I'm glad I was wrong, ...happy to stand corrected.

Thanks.

Not usually any cheaper to do it right the second time anyway...

This is why I keep the power switch on the grip in the off position. (unless actually shooting vertically)

Quick question though - does the switch control just the buttons and dials, or does it cut off the battery entirely? Ideally, IMHO, the battery would be live and the controls dead with the grip powered off...

But, from my observations based on usage, this is not the case... YMMV

First a convert, now a missionary...