Don't be too sure, my refurbished k10d & 18-55 sold for £310 on ebay

Peter,

Check the trigger voltage of your 283 - mine is under 20v and I have used it extensively on my Samsung GX1S without any damage.

As I understand it trigger voltage is dependent on where and when it was manufactured some 283s are over 200v some under 20v.

Did Pentax specify a safe trigger voltage for the K10d?

I'd give ebay a try - my re-furbished K10d sold for £310

ps I've always found that good quality photos in the listing will push the price up on ebay sales

I have a Manfrotto modo which I use as a lightweight alternative to my Benbo when walking any distance and I find gives great results

Blackpool pleasure beach at night


Edit - Rob has just pointed out that the image should have been taken within the fortnight - I'll read the rules before submitting another entry Hence I've deleted the image - apologies to all.

George,

Thanks for the advice.

A problem with the contacts was my thought and the springs in a couple of them do seem weak - but the fact that it works on the Samsung seems to suggest they are fine.

I'll try giving them a good clean and see if it has any effect

Ronald,

Thanks for your reply, I am fairly sure that there isn't a problem with my K20 body but then again the convertor works with my Samsung

Stefan,

More often clockwise

Hmm,

65% right, 35% left and the dancer goes either way - although the direction of rotation is more random (if i close my eyes and open them again the direction has sometimes changed) than something I can control.

Posted a question about this in the troubleshooter forum, I'm not sure if the lack of any responses is due to fewer people browsing that section of the forum so I'll try here.

My latest ebay bargain? arrived today, a Takumar - A 2X Tele-converter.

I tried it on My Samsung GX 1S with a SMC Pentax-A 50mm f1.7 and it works fine however the same lens and teleconverter fitted to my Pentax K20d won't work properly - with the lens aperture ring on the 'A' setting it stops down to f22 and the viewfinder is very dark, I can get it to work by enabling use of the aperture ring in the camera menu and setting the apertures manually but don't understand why the 'A' setting doesn't work.

Any help would be gratefully received.