Just to add to the confusion the new D-L190 battery used in the K-7 has 3 terminals and there are also 3 terminals in both the camera and charger

Glyn

Appolagies John. I did not want your splendid photo removed and nowhere in your set of rules does it say that it has to be from a Pentax.

It was just the shock

You are our well respected, honoured, father of our forum and protector of the brand.

While its not my, humble, place to criticise I just don't understand how anyone, especially you, can expect to achieve anything with even part of an image that has not passed through the World acclaimed SCM coating, and that is without considering what was used to sample it

Glyn

Edit: I vote you put it back up!

Am I hallucinating but has John Riley submitted a photo taken with a Fugi FinePix ?

Are Pentax heading for the administrators or is the world about to end ...

Glyn
(Who himself has a FinePix f40D )

Obviously its not a problem with Virgn but if you are unfortunate enough to be connected to a BT DSLAM there is very little else you can do without making it worse.

Unfortunately cable operators, like Virgin, cover only a small part of the country and not all exchanges are enabled for ADSL2+ LLU. Then a BT connection may be the only option.

While using a 3rd party ISP on a BT connection I have had the situation when the wireless part of the router has locked-up and I have had to reset it to find that the speed of our connection has dropped and taken over a week to recover. I think in these circumstances that the advice is to use a router re-boot as a last resort. BT users can check their BRAS (IP) profile using http://speedtester.bt.com

Our 3rd party ISP feed fell apart in March when BT made some changes at our exchange. I'm now with BE* unlimited using ADSL2+ and I'm consistently getting twice the speed on what is a long and noisy line

Glyn

There is some suggestion the there is a II version of the Samsung lens. It is being listed by Park Cameras but the details seem to be wrong and they are also listing a Samsung 18-250 which has never appeared.

I suspect that this is an aspirational addition that has fallen away in the current climate but I would hope that if it does exist that it is clearly marked as being a II

Glyn

Just a reminder that for anyone not on ADSL2 and not LLU'ed, (so are using a BT interface, or an ISP using a BT interface) that regularly re-booting your router can cause a degradation in your BRAS profile (Broadband Remote Access Server) and slow down your connection. It can then can easily take more than 3 days of stable connection to recover.

There are details about this all over the place but my favourite is here:

http://www.hmmm.ip3.co.uk/index.shtml

This is one of the reasons why I'm now on LLU and ADSL2+

Cheers,

Glyn

Thank you. I'm sure every family with kids has a similar well-loved creature of their own. Our Hipperty has evolved into quite a character

Glyn

Glyn

K100D with DA18-55 For sale

Before putting this up on ebay I thought I would offer it to the forum first.

This is a K100D with the 18-55mm kit lens. It comes with USB and video calbels (unused) both CDs, the printed manual, strap (fitted) and eye-piece cover. I will also throw in a SanDisk UltraII 1GB SD card and a pair of CR-V3 lithium (disposable) batteries (fitted).

This camera was only used between August and December 2006 when it was replaced by a K10D. The current shutter count is 1649.

I'm looking for offers of around £220, plus postage. UK buyers only please.

Please PM me if you are interested.

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Glyn

I think I'm more of a novice.

I like to use mine in program mode but then use the dials to adjust the aperture (usually to achieve the required DOF) and sometimes the shutter speed (for action shots). The advantage here is that if I mess it up the green button quickly gets me back to the starting position.

Occasionally I have used mine in manual to take shots of the moon through a long lens but it then usually takes me several attempts to get the desired result.

Glyn