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Comment by DaveHolmes posted on Steam punk in Saltaire 21st April at 21/04/2012 - 20:09
Are you talking 'Tethering' type app?
There's http://www.pktether.com/ which will run on PC... I would have though the guy who runs it will already be working on an android-app version, but you could contact him direct...
There's http://www.pktether.com/ which will run on PC... I would have though the guy who runs it will already be working on an android-app version, but you could contact him direct...
Comment by DaveHolmes posted on Conecting to an android tablet at 20/04/2012 - 18:04
@ Womble...
Check you PM's re: Hood...
Check you PM's re: Hood...
Comment by DaveHolmes posted on Pentax Items For Sale at 20/04/2012 - 12:00
Picked up my MX from the post-office first thing this morning...
In lovely working condition, no dints, fairly clean (hotshoe needs a bit of attention) and with a pristine M50-1.4 attached... Not bad for £60!!
Dropped it of with Alan to have new seals and re-cover...
Decided to go with a really nice brown leather rather than the blue... Picking it up next week...
Will post a pick when it arrives... Can hardly wait!!
In lovely working condition, no dints, fairly clean (hotshoe needs a bit of attention) and with a pristine M50-1.4 attached... Not bad for £60!!
Dropped it of with Alan to have new seals and re-cover...
Decided to go with a really nice brown leather rather than the blue... Picking it up next week...
Will post a pick when it arrives... Can hardly wait!!
Comment by DaveHolmes posted on Re-covering the leather on your SLR at 20/04/2012 - 10:42
Hardgravity wrote:
A link to the cameras here would help.
It's in the 4th post of this very thread...A link to the cameras here would help.
I don't buy cameras to sell... I buy cameras to use (and cos I'm really 'that' geeky... To look at...)
I have a Honeywell-Pentax Spotmatic in pretty much pristine condition and I'm in two (3) minds about whether to re-cover it or not... Part of me wants to leave as is in its boring black leatherette... Another part wants to see it in British-Racing-Green... (the 3rd part wants black & white snakeskin...)
My MX will be getting a violently-bright-blue leather-coat as soon as Alan can find the leather... No question...
Comment by DaveHolmes posted on Re-covering the leather on your SLR at 19/04/2012 - 23:43
He lives local to me but you can find him through ebay...
this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200745512204?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1... is one of his listings...
I contacted him through ebay, and as he is so close was easier to deal with in person... Very nice chap!
this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200745512204?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1... is one of his listings...
I contacted him through ebay, and as he is so close was easier to deal with in person... Very nice chap!
Comment by DaveHolmes posted on Re-covering the leather on your SLR at 19/04/2012 - 21:01
Disaster rectified...
ME super and MG have both been re-covered and had their seals replaced for good measure too...
https://www.pentaxuser.com/photo/user-13087/pentax-me-super---pentax-mg---new-se...
ME super and MG have both been re-covered and had their seals replaced for good measure too...
https://www.pentaxuser.com/photo/user-13087/pentax-me-super---pentax-mg---new-se...
Comment by DaveHolmes posted on Re-covering the leather on your SLR at 19/04/2012 - 20:32
I'll be there dependant on how much writing I get done tomorrow...
Comment by DaveHolmes posted on Steam punk in Saltaire 21st April at 19/04/2012 - 20:13
(There is a point... and I'm being positive... keep reading...)
I did masses of research before buying my K-x, read loads and loads of reviews...
Had it down to the K-x, the Canon 400d and a Nikon (can't remember the model) of the same spec...
Went to Currys where they stocked both the CaNikon models and held them...
Immediately the Canon was out of the question as I just felt wrong in my hand and had not the build quality of the Nikon...
Luckily there is another store in Bradford that sells Pentax so I went there to try the K-x...
Ergonomically the K-x was very similar to the Nikon model...
My final decision came down to the fact that the Pentax came as part of a twin lens deal for the same price and the Nikon with one lens...
My point (although rambling) is that I was very close to buying the Nikon and if I hadn't have had the chance to handle the K-x I would have bought the Nikon, twin kit deal or not...
Yes value is important but the difference in price is fairly nominal when spending £450+ (at the time my buget was £500 and not a penny more)and consumers do want to touch cameras before they buy...
They've most likely already read a ton of reviews and have a 'short list' of possibilities; all that left is to see them in the flesh...
I'm coming around to the fact that the price increases (although sudden) are perhaps designed to level the playing field with retailers and make stocking Pentax more competitively attractive...
Maybe we'll see more Pentax cameras and lenses on shop shelves sooner rather than later... The prices may be higher than they once were online but we'll be able to try them in actual shops; and in the case of lenses bolt them to are actual cameras and try them...
As I'm already (what I consider to be) heavily invested, this is a good thing (isn't it?) in the long term
Fairly positive from me... Sorry bout that...
I did masses of research before buying my K-x, read loads and loads of reviews...
Had it down to the K-x, the Canon 400d and a Nikon (can't remember the model) of the same spec...
Went to Currys where they stocked both the CaNikon models and held them...
Immediately the Canon was out of the question as I just felt wrong in my hand and had not the build quality of the Nikon...
Luckily there is another store in Bradford that sells Pentax so I went there to try the K-x...
Ergonomically the K-x was very similar to the Nikon model...
My final decision came down to the fact that the Pentax came as part of a twin lens deal for the same price and the Nikon with one lens...
My point (although rambling) is that I was very close to buying the Nikon and if I hadn't have had the chance to handle the K-x I would have bought the Nikon, twin kit deal or not...
Yes value is important but the difference in price is fairly nominal when spending £450+ (at the time my buget was £500 and not a penny more)and consumers do want to touch cameras before they buy...
They've most likely already read a ton of reviews and have a 'short list' of possibilities; all that left is to see them in the flesh...
I'm coming around to the fact that the price increases (although sudden) are perhaps designed to level the playing field with retailers and make stocking Pentax more competitively attractive...
Maybe we'll see more Pentax cameras and lenses on shop shelves sooner rather than later... The prices may be higher than they once were online but we'll be able to try them in actual shops; and in the case of lenses bolt them to are actual cameras and try them...
As I'm already (what I consider to be) heavily invested, this is a good thing (isn't it?) in the long term
Fairly positive from me... Sorry bout that...
Comment by DaveHolmes posted on Local stockists of Pentax? at 19/04/2012 - 03:57
I keep considering the FA100-2.8macro against the Tamron 90mm... Can't quite remember why I discounted the Sigma but I'm sure there was a reason...
I'm on the lookout for the FA myself...
Would suggest you use flickr.com to search and compare images and see which you prefer...
All 1/1 macro's tend to be sharp as nails... For me it came down to the colours that the FA reproduced... I want one!!
There's a great many macro shooters around though who'll give much better advice than me, so I'll do one...
I'm on the lookout for the FA myself...
Would suggest you use flickr.com to search and compare images and see which you prefer...
All 1/1 macro's tend to be sharp as nails... For me it came down to the colours that the FA reproduced... I want one!!
There's a great many macro shooters around though who'll give much better advice than me, so I'll do one...
Comment by DaveHolmes posted on Sigma 105mm OR Tamron 90mm at 18/04/2012 - 21:56
Lovely to meet you all!