Gwyn

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The Bill payer doesn't look that good early in the morning! (Sorry, a feeble joke - our surname is Buck).
Great photo. I sometimes see deer in the mornings - but with two dogs along I usually only get to see their tails .

Comment by Gwyn posted on Early Morning Buck at 22/10/2008 - 20:53

Gwyn
Adobe is offering the full package for €90.77, and the upgrade for €82.28. Foto Konijnenberg, a big photographic shop here, is offering the full deal for €83.55. No doubt I could find it cheaper if I looked further.

When I ordered PSE4 I opted for downloading it - but I never received the key to it, so it was useless. We contacted them by e-mail and phone and they just didn't respond. Eventually the Bill payer got really pissed off with them over the phone (calling Ireland all the time an expensive hobby!) and they said they would send me the CD. They did -one day DHL were at the door with it, the next day FedEX were at the door with another one. Ridiculous. It took nearly two months to get it sorted. So now I buy from a trusted Dutch supplier, or if all else fails, from Amazon.

That all said, I am very happy with PSE6, much better, and more stable than PSE4. I shall see what extras PSE7 offers but I don't think I will be upgrading just yet.

Comment by Gwyn posted on Adobe PSE-7 at 22/10/2008 - 20:48

Gwyn
I have PSE6. I think that will do me for a while. I'll probably wait for PSE8 before upgrading. I also won't buy it direct from Adobe after truly terrible customer service from them when I first bought PSE4. Plus the fact that I found the full PSE6 on CD-rom cheaper almost everywhere than the upgrade download was from Adobe.

Comment by Gwyn posted on Adobe PSE-7 at 22/10/2008 - 20:06

Gwyn
All this discounting is ready for the new models next spring methinks.
Again no cash backs here in the Netherlands though.

Comment by Gwyn posted on Pentax DSLR Cashback Deals... at 22/10/2008 - 18:19

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I see from Hardgravity's link that the button is still in German -jetzt kaufen - but otherwise it seems to have resorted to English.

Comment by Gwyn posted on Updated Pentax UK website at 22/10/2008 - 11:41

Gwyn
Prieni wrote:
Gwyn,

your command of Dutch should be good enough to master the "Deutsch"
Most of the time it is but sometimes I struggle with words which are very different. If I am really struggling I can always ask my German daughter in law for help.

Quote:
German and English is exactly the right mix for me.
Following the link to the Pentax site, though, it looks like they have cleaned up their act...
Glad to hear it was only a temporary glitch. I haven't looked today.

Comment by Gwyn posted on Updated Pentax UK website at 22/10/2008 - 10:30

Gwyn
Germany is the HQ for Pentax Europe - I think all the webpages originate there. I noticed the problem too, after being redirected to the Pentax UK website by the Pentax NL site, and being confronted with a page full of English and German mixed.
Pentax NL website is hopeless - it redirects you to Pentax UK for most information, and now that is screwed I have to struggle with the German site.

Comment by Gwyn posted on Updated Pentax UK website at 22/10/2008 - 09:22

Gwyn
I've used a Kodak machine at my local Dixons (we still have Dixons in NL) and it allowed me to do multiples of some photos and singles of others. I can't remember if it came up with file names or not, but they were in the right order, so choosing the ones I wanted multiples of was easy. I used an SD card for it.

Comment by Gwyn posted on ASDA Photo Labs at 22/10/2008 - 09:17

Gwyn
Daniel Bridge wrote:
I've always assumed D-Range would be processing applied to an in camera jpeg, surely RAW is raw? Not that I've looked into it at all, not having a K20D...

Dan
No the K20D has a filter which can be applied to jpegs in camera, but D-range works with RAW. I haven't yet done any tests to see how much more you can regain with it on, but after seeing Wim's photo I was convinced of it's usefulness. Coming from an Ist DS having ISO start at 200 is no problem for me.

Comment by Gwyn posted on K20D at 21/10/2008 - 09:41

Gwyn
All the photos I've seen of it have a lens shade. I can't find a site which confirms this is standard, but it would be an unusual Pentax lens if it wasn't.
Ah Pentax Germany say it does have a lens shade: link
Tekade.de have it for €549.

Comment by Gwyn posted on 55 DA* SDM at 20/10/2008 - 12:49

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