Thanks, Ajay.

Looks like a good site to browse around. Some excellent work there.

G

No need to ask the price. Just look at any US website. The dollar price there will be the sterling price here. Take off VAT, and we're still paying a third too much.

G

PS: It's going for $340 at B&H, and £313 at Pixmania. Pretty close.

Get a card reader.

G

The Free Dictionary can't even spell "pukkah". I have to conclude that it is worth every penny you pay for it, and no more.

I'm not even going to look up "Verandah", for fear of what I will find.

G
(An old Raj-wallah, just about to pour himself a chota peg, as soon as the clock strikes 6:00)

Matt, the word you want is "pukkah", as in pukkah sahib.

G

Steve,

With respect, this topic has been debated to death in every camera forum. Pentax fell behind when they were forced to abandon their first DSLR. By the autumn they will be up to speed.

This guy was just telling us how clever he thinks he is.

John

Simonsteph,

I still don't know why you posted here. You have said nothing remotely new, relevant or interesting to members of a Pentax forum.

You appear not even to know that images can be upsampled from 6MP to whatever size you like (within reason).

You are very coy about the camera you have actually bought, as though anyone here cares a damn.

Basically, you are a troll, and I invite you to go off and infest the forums of whichever make you have chosen. It's somebody else's turn to be bored.

Goodbye.

George
(sitting back to wait for some petulant, self-justifying whinge from this deluded nitwit)

It's perfectly competitive, of course, except for the applications I mentioned. (Very fast AF on long lenses, and huge pixel counts.)

None so blind as those that will not see.

Non

Don,

No problem.

I mentioned sports and birds because these both demand very fast AF if you are shooting professionally, and for High Fashion you need a 'blad with a massive Phase One back f you are going to cut the mustard with Vogue.

I get pretty good reults shooting birds with my lenses, but I would prefer faster AF, and on long lenses that pretty much has to be inside the lens, not in the body.

G

What was the point of the original message?

Unless the poster is going to be shooting sports, birds, or High Fashion, there is no good reason to switch brands.

It seems there are still some people who read ads and believe them. And then delight in telling other how clever they are. Sad, really.

It's the lens that makes the picture, and only one manufacturer makes a 77 Ltd.

G