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Comment by Frogfish posted on A few birds coming to a baited log at 29/09/2012 - 11:12
Comment by Frogfish posted on K5 Lens Release at 25/09/2012 - 03:31
Comment by Frogfish posted on Didn't neglect the squirrels at the weekend at 25/09/2012 - 03:22
Comment by Frogfish posted on Ullswater Sunrise & Lake District at 25/09/2012 - 03:20
Comment by Frogfish posted on Singapore Grand Prix at 25/09/2012 - 03:18
Comment by Frogfish posted on K-5 II vs. K-5 IIs - why the price difference? at 21/09/2012 - 11:56
Comment by Frogfish posted on Too early in the Morning. at 21/09/2012 - 11:38
Mail & Metro - tight bugg#$#s
Comment by Frogfish posted on After Barrie, then Stan. My new shooting buddy at 19/09/2012 - 20:48
There are a lot more of us out here who have had no SDM issues (even with pre-2012 lenses) than there are those who have.
The difference is a fair number of those who have had issues have raised it on the various fora, whereas the rest of us have said nothing.
The view of SDM is therefore very skewed.
I had only one SDM lens - the fabulous DA*300 - the SDM failed without warning and it has been in Japan for the past 2 months now.
If I was buying a Pentax lens with SDM I would only buy new and only buy if the lens was shown to have been produced this year. Unless I was happy to pick up the repair cost and be without my lens for a while should the worst happen - for some this is OK and worth the saving.
Comment by Frogfish posted on To switch or not to switch at 18/09/2012 - 17:41
I won't be buying a D600 with scene modes but I do believe Nikon will sell more of them than Pentax sell K5 II's. Odd how Joe public looks at cameras in a different way to us Pentax users.
Comment by Frogfish posted on Sorry Pentax - Switching to Nikon at 18/09/2012 - 14:01
Were you using the Better Beamer ? If so at what distance ?