Ardderchog!

The D7100 is not a good camera to demonstrate write speeds...in fact, it is appalling... the appeal to me of Nikon was the very responsive AF and access to the Nikon flash system...however, in CH mode you get a burst of 5-6FPS - Raw and JPEG - but buffer fills within 1 second. You can't use the camera until it has completely cleared and it takes ages. The D3 only tends to manage 9-11 shots before it is out of space... And I have up to date cards. I've joined the D500 club to get over this little issue.

The K-3 and K-5 have always been quite quick to write, I've not noticed much difference between the two. It is nice that, despite the AF not being as responsive as the Nikon, that once you are locked onto the subject you can fire away for over 20 shots, pause and then keep going. Class 10 cards too.

I saw that and thought wow but as I have APS-C only and the marvellous 60-250, the time isn't right to get the 70-200.

I've had Nikon and Canon users comments about how lovely the DA* is...

Inspecting my credit cards at the moment there is no way I can take advantage of the offer on the 150-450 at the moment, I've maxed them basically - let's hope similar deals are available during Black Friday...these are spectacular deals.

Actually the conversion is 1.53. so the field of view of a 15 mm lens on a Pentax camera is just shy of the equivalent of 23mm on a film camera or full-frame

:I'll get my coat:

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Reasons for sale: need to make room in camera cupboard - replacements always seem to take much more room. And the price of film and developing is just becoming uncomfortable given that I do like slide film....it is just not getting used as much as I would really like.

I bought this camera used around 1998-1999 to complement my Z-1p. It has also followed me around the globe (Galapagos, Kenya, Hong Kong, US and Canada, and lots of Europe).

Never ever let me down and given the amount of use it has had it is in very good condition, the only missing piece is the cover for the remote release (I will chuck this in with the sale as it's not compatible with the Z-1p). It was serviced by Pramath at Asahi Photo in Brentford about 5 years ago; a new base plate was fitted as the original had broken completely at the notorious weak link, the battery compartment...the replacement has cracked already but otherwise intact.

Lens cap and hotshoe cover, plus strap and instruction manual. Already mentioned the remote release...

Price I am asking is £45 with postage to UK addresses (if overseas I can provide a quote to cover the additional cost) - collection in East Berkshire or SW London possible. Offers considered but I won't respond to low ones.

Thanks

Peter

nothing wrong with Microglobe - I've bought gear off them with no issues. They have a high street presence (a few 100 yards from the British Museum) and are not virtual...

Most recent lenses of the AF era (some F-lenses excepted and the more recent 'HD' lenses are SMC.

AFAIR - for the 18-55 there are four variants

SMC-DA 18-55 from 2004-5
SMC-DA 18-55 Mk.2 - arrived with K20D in 2008 ish - new and better optical formula
SMC-DA-L 18-55 same optics as Mk2 IIRC but no quickshift or lens hood - came for budget models
SMC-DA 18-55 WR with the K-7/K-5 more recently

I'd say steer clear of the non MkII/-L/WR version and you'll be fine... 18-135 is a different prospect.

SDM failure is not just isolated to the DA* lenses, I looked at a 17-70 as a back up while my 16-50 was at JPSS.

Was about to hand over the plastic at Richmond Jessops (Jessops Mk1) and I asked to try the lens... nothing...and it was a display model....

For the K-1 you will need to spend as much again for lenses. With all that resolution you need the best lenses and they will not be cheap. Then you will need another £400 for a flash.

If you consider a K-3 or K-5 you will still have excellent feature-filled cameras. They are better than their contemporary competitors from Nikon and Canon in many respects. Only the 7D2 and D500 are better but they do cost a lot more. The K-5 is a dream to use, build quality is excellent; my K-3 has suicidal tendencies, and has ended up on the floor too many times and now shows a lot of battles scars...but it keeps on working (I should send it to JPSS sometime) - having 2 SD slots is advantageous. A beauty of the grips Pentax offer for both cameras is the ability to store one more 1SD card (not in the grip for the D7100 for sure). These will allow you to get Pentax's superb new lenses like the 16-85 and HD55-300 (or the DA*16-50 and 50-135 or 60-250 - if you will tolerate SDM failure the IQ is superb).

You're not short of choice - personally I would save money on the body and get K-3/K-5 and spend on the lenses...

Unless you do have £4000 burning a hole in your pocket. Let us all know how you get on

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