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dcweather
Got mine as well after 3 months. I had a great deal of help from the excellent SRS who I bought my K-x from. Reading between the lines they complained on my behalf to Pentax and they have given the handling Company a rocket. Seems they have all suddenly started coming through now
Dave

Comment by dcweather posted on Latest Cashback Offer at 13/03/2010 - 12:58

dcweather
Yes, I have a K-x. Big shame really - how much would that have added to the cost for such a useful feature?
Dave

Comment by dcweather posted on IR Remote at 13/03/2010 - 12:53

dcweather
It's six weeks since I got the "in your account in next 10 days" email. The helpline was hopeless - just said yes, terrible isn't it, there's nothing I can do though!I got mine from SRS and they are on the case as well on my behalf. I consider it was part of my contract with them as they were advertising it. I find SRS excellent so it has given me some piece of mind!
Dave

Comment by dcweather posted on Latest Cashback Offer at 06/03/2010 - 00:00

dcweather
I wished you could fire these from behind the camera as well as from in front.You are effectively camera to subject or camera-subject-you. If from behind you could get subject-camera-you, meaning you could fire shutter further away from subject which is useful for wildlife photography. Just being picky though, these are a bargain and it's not their fault the sensor is only on the front of the camera.
dave

Comment by dcweather posted on IR Remote at 05/03/2010 - 23:47

dcweather
Is anyone else still having problems? I bought my Pentax K-x back in December largely on the basis of the good deal with the cashback. On January 22nd I received an email saying everything was in order and I would receive the payment in 10 days. I still have not been paid six weeks later. I have phoned the help line and the girl just says there is nothing she can do! Pentax Customer service say it's nothing to do with them. SRS where I bought it have tried to help with no success. It is a disgrace and would put me off ever going down the Pentax route again even though the camera is ok.
Has anybody else had this problem and do they know who else i can contact other than BBC Watchdog or the Fraud Squad!!
Dave

Comment by dcweather posted on CASHBACK SCANDAL !! at 02/03/2010 - 23:36

dcweather
Back to the specific review it also has a headline "K-m" heaviest camera on test at 1.24 kg ! When you look at the data in the table it seems to apply to the Olympus E-30. I don't expect Pentax will be too happy with some of these errors because despite how rubbish these reviews may be non-experts and the media take notice of Which? Anyway, I think I'll cancel my subscription.

Comment by dcweather posted on Pentax Reviews in current Which? magazine at 21/02/2010 - 17:07

dcweather
Although the K-7 gained the most stars in the summary it wasn't the top rated, 5th out of 12. I don't necessarily rate Which camera tests because they often seem to conflict with reports elsewhere but the thing that stood out for me though was that the Image Stabilisation got 5 stars for the K-7 and only one for the K-m. Is this likely - are they that different? If so where would the K-x stand in this, as the in body stabilisation was my main reason for buying Pentax K-x.

Comment by dcweather posted on Pentax Reviews in current Which? magazine at 21/02/2010 - 11:13

dcweather
Odd, my reply didn't appear. Anyway, concerns over. Did some testing and seem to get about a 2 stop advantage and it's pretty consistent. Guess I was spoilt by the Panasonic OIS whih is mega.
Dave

Comment by dcweather posted on K-x shake reduction effectiveness? at 07/02/2010 - 23:52

dcweather
Yes - that's the theory but it varies greatly between individual cameras and IS systems. I wondered if anyone had thoughts specifically on the K-x and how it compared to others.

Comment by dcweather posted on K-x shake reduction effectiveness? at 06/02/2010 - 10:29

dcweather
One of the main reasons for my purchasing K-m and now K-x is because of in body sr to reduce costs of future lenses. I have not done any proper tests yet but have some nagging doubts that it is as effective as I had hoped. How many stops (if any) do people generally reckon they are saving and how does it compare with other Pentax DSLR and others come to that. (My previous camera, Panasonic superzoom was unbelievable wrt this)

Comment by dcweather posted on K-x shake reduction effectiveness? at 05/02/2010 - 23:31

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