It seems like it because the same few people are popping up everywhere distorting the statistics. Often, like the original poster, they use different names on different sites.

If Pentax is reading this, they will have concluded that the problem has been overstated, and doesn't require looking at.

That probably isn't the result that you wanted to achieve.

G

PS: There's no such thing as a re-badged Samsung. It is the Pentax that was re-badged.

Please report back when the time comes.

G

The problem is that it's not "our own poll". Of the five people who have polled that they have this problem, at least two, and quite possibly all of them, have been going round other sites complaining about this issue. We know that at least one registered here purely to vote in this poll, and there may have been more.

So you can draw no conclusions from the poll at all. At one extreme, you could claim that the poll is representative of all owners, and that five out of every eighteen cameras has this alleged fault.

At the other extreme, you could say that Mats encouraged people who don't normally post here to join and vote in the poll. It is therefore conceivable (though just as unlikely as the other scenario) that the five who polled that they have a problem are the only people in the world out of tens or hundreds of thousands of K10D owners who have this issue.

One of the nicest features of this forum is the lack of complainers. I do hope that we are not going to see a flood of tourists from other sites complaining about this, that, and the other.

Which is not to say that people shouldn't post that they have a problem. But let's try to discourage professional whinge tourists from coming in here to vent their spleen. After all, there is a site that caters to their needs already.

G

Great pic. Really good use of a fish-eye. And how nice to be in Paris.

G

Don't use the maximum size. It'll be more expensive, and if it breaks you stand to lose a lot more images. It also will take an age to download if you fill it up, and if you don't fill it up, there is no point in having the maximum size.

2GB is a very good size in my opinion, and I shoot RAW.

Buy two, obviously.

G

Get a K10D. Then fix up an even light source, and photograph your slides.

Cheaper, quicker, easier - and just as good as a cheapo scanner.

One thing I have learned, is never buy cheap. You'll end up buying the right thing eventually, and you'll have wasted money on the cheap item.

Moral: If you can't afford it, save up.

G

Benckie is actually after a repair manual. I don't know how easy it is to get these, but I do know that if you request a spare part from Pentax UK they are likely to send you an exploded diagram to ensure you identify the right one.

G

The K10D is quite simply the best camera you can get.

Even if you pay £5,000 for a full-frame Canon, you won't get shake reduction on every lens. All you'll get is a bad back and an overdraft.

But if you don't do much photography, the K100D might be sufficent for you. Only you can say.

G

If you want it, get it.

All high-tech gear gets cheaper as time goes by, but if you always wait for lower prices you'll spend your life waiting rather than doing.

G

Matt,

Let me be the first to both thank and congratulate you.

And I hope this magnum opus might persuade others to give Silkypix a try.

G