Thanks.

...and 'oh bother' (or words to that effect).

What makes you say they've stopped accepting vouchers? Has that been announced?

Only I would expect them to continue to trade as normal (and accept their vouchers) until the receiver either sells the company as a going concern or pulls the plug.

If you've read otherwise somewhere please point me at the relevant site! It's particularly relevant to me because a kind relative gave me just such a gift voucher for xmas...

Plus VAT and import duty, shurly. Which would add another £112.61. Approximately.

No idea how much that lessens the bargain. I'm not on up on their EU value.

JanIt was going to. But then they extended to 31 Jan

I thought most retailers disliked cash these days. Costs them too much to process. Debit cards being preferred as the cheapest to accept.

Probably your last chance to get a new K-5. But the K-5ii price is edging downwards so waiting would probably get you one of those for the same price as the K-5 is now. They're not that far apart now as it is.

The sensors the app uses to trigger the shutter are those that are already built into your smart phone.

You plug the dongle into the headphone socket, and a wire from the dongle to the camera's cable release socket.

The app makes the smart phone's headphone socket produce a trigger voltage when it wants to take a shot. The dongle just regulates the voltage so that it is always a safe and appropriate level for the camera, regardless of the volume setting on the smart phone.

Yup, you were absolutely right Gwyn.

Just to add though, in case anyone reading is thinking of buying, that Canon have two types of connector. We use the same as their Powershots and more affordable bodies (EOS 60D, 1100D, 1000D etc). Their larger price tag bodies (7D, 5D, 50D etc) use a proprietary connector that isn't compatible.

They sell dongles for Pentax bodies too:

link

edit - Gwyn's right. Looks like it's the same part as for the Canon. Which would make sense as it plugs into the same type 2.5mm cable release socket.

As much as any other off-brand item used with a PENTAX that we discuss, surely? Sigma 10-20, Red Snapper tripod, triggertrap... It's all good from where I sit.

when I bought a used K10 from SRS, it came with a (used) aftermarket battery that lasted for less than 50 shots on a full charge, despite being rated to a similar capacity. I went back and they replaced it with a genuine battery (also used) that seemed to last forever.

I also had a new aftermarket spare battery with my K-30. It seemed to last about 80% as long as the original, which is what I would have expected as it was rated to about 80& of the capacity. So that was absolutely fine.

So based on my sample size of 1 old and 1 new, my totally scientific conclusion is that all aftermarket batteries are just as good as genuine when they're new but when they get old they're useless.