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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Review for DA* 200mm SDM at 20/02/2008 - 20:11
Hi George
I'm a long way from saying that it's a bad lens. Just rather surprised that Pentax haven't reviewed the design for the new DA* era... especially seeing as it 'appears' to have been on the drawing board for so long.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Review for DA* 200mm SDM at 20/02/2008 - 00:26
Personally, I don't expect any new lens will be markedly better than a Pentax * lens, optically speaking.
Of course, it has (one hopes) one major advantage. It's available.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Review for DA* 200mm SDM at 18/02/2008 - 22:39
Having just spent a weekend near Cley and Wells, I can confirm that Norfolk is a great place for a winter weekend break.
Dan
I spent several chilly winters in North Norfolk. It's not a place where you find tramps sleeping out at night.
But it does have a charm all of its own.
G
PS: Nice pics. Very evocative.
Comment by George Lazarette posted on Beach Walk - Out of Season at 05/02/2008 - 12:32
If it's in warranty, send it in for repair.
If it's out of warranty, send it in for repair.
Simple really.
1 If you bought it in Europe, it should, by EU law, be warranted for two years.
2 If you can't get it repaired free under warranty, and if you are in the UK, many people recommend Harrow Technical.
http://www.harrowtechnical.co.uk/
Pentax UK seems to send most repairs to Germany nowadays.
It's always useful to know what country people live in, and you can amend your profile (top of page) to show this.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on K100D AF switch jammed at 05/02/2008 - 12:28
A copypod and light-table should work well.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Scanning Advice at 03/02/2008 - 16:18
thank you both for your help, i dont know wether you noticed... but i am a novice at this!!.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on hi, just a quick picture to see if i can post it! at 02/02/2008 - 14:33
It might be worth noting that for browsing images (i.e. just look what's there or find a certain pic) SilkyPix is not the best application.
For this purpose I use Google's Picasa which is pretty quick and does show RAW files.
They both display Raw files.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Image Browsers at 04/02/2008 - 11:17
the first report finished by saying most Pentax photographers shoot (raw) PEF.
Is this true?
if so Why?
surely it is a proprietory format which could well render all your 'negatives' useless in ten years time.
Can Pef do anything DNG can't?
If the time comes when PEFs seem doomed to extinction, there will no doubt be software to convert, plus massive hard drives and more powerful computers.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on New higher end model planned for 2009 at 06/02/2008 - 21:26
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on DA's for sale 16-45 & 18-55 at 01/02/2008 - 11:59
I wonder if the 300mm f/4 will have a tested aperture of nearer f/4.5...
Dan
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