Clearing out time! As I'm not a collector, these no longer get the use they deserve, so they're being offered for sale, sentimental value notwithstanding.

Body for sale:

My K10D and all supplied accessories (all caps, charger, battery, strap, manual, software on CD) - all present & accounted for except the box. All undamaged. One original owner.

This camera body has about 7,400 actuations, and works fine.

UK Pounds 240

Lenses for sale:


1. DA 18-55 Mk I - with caps and paperwork, undamaged. One original owner. UK Pounds 30.
2. DA 50-200 Mk I - with caps and paperwork, undamaged. One original owner. UK Pounds 50.
3. DA 16-45 f4 - with caps and paperwork, undamaged. One original owner. UK Pounds 190.

All lenses work fine also, with the two kit lenses having very little use.

Please note that I'm in Australia!

The usual paypal conditions apply - buyer pays fees, as gift, etc.

Most of the images you see on my Photobucket and Pbase accounts were taken with the K-10D.

The whole set is good, and No 1 might just make it past the post without the white border.

These look like they've evolved from 'Durham Shades' in your gallery. I agree with Alan - nice work.

Doug,

If you have some time (always an advantage! :wink, perhaps sit off the later Asus U series - they may well be worth waiting for. You'll get plenty of processing power and as good a battery life as any. Some of them have tin lids if that's a selling point for you.

As these do not have the 'Sandy Bridge' chipset problem, the price ought to drop once the newer Sandy Bridge MBs come back on line at full production. That ought to be around April, if you can hold out.

If glossy screens don't do it for you (even though they're better for photos apparently), grab a screen protector.

A guess only - the former goes looking for a story, the latter for a picture?

Doug,

You might wish to look at the new Asus U31 and U36 models as well. 8-cell batteries, good power mgmt, etc. And they're i-5, and have the specs you were after in terms of RAM and HDD size.

Here they dropped by $AUD60 to $1,569 (body only) for the start of the month, at the place I frequent in Melbourne (although they do have shops in some other Oz states too). DCW

I like the moss (No 2) best.

In the fifth shot, check your model's fingers and knuckles - are they a tad over-exposed? Nice series all the same.

I think the second one is deceiving. It's sharp as a tack in the places where it matters. Gareth is right about the first - the top of the reflected column is noticeable by its absence.

The second might come up even better with a crop from the bottom LHS, and a play with brightness, contrast and curves.