Apparently products potentially affected were the Optio A20, Optio T20, Optio W20, Optio S7, Optio L20 and the K10D.

John K

[quote="womble"]K24/2.8 which is optically the same as the A28/2.8.[/quote]Are you sure? They're not the same focal length so that seems unlikely.
The K24/2.8 has 9 elements in 8 groups and the A28/2.8 has 7 elements in 7 groups so the optical designs differ.

John K

Shame, people still can't read!

John K

If you just want to get shot of them you could hand them in at a charity shop.

John K

Is that better?

John K

That's really a personal decision. Sometimes I think zooms are best, at other times primes. At the end of the day it all depends on how you intend to use them and what suits you; that will differ on the circumstances. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages, the most obvious being that zooms are bulkier than primes, but one zoom lens does the job of several primes. If the answer was clear cut there wouldn't be both available.

Use your experience from your film camera days to guide you, however zooms are better now than what they used to be and some really are as good as primes (perhaps even better on occasion.) But not all of them.

John K

Hello and welcome to the forum.

A good bargain 'standard' lens to get started with to consider is the Pentax 35mm f2.4 SMC DA AL Lens. If you'd like to do macro shots too then instead consider the Pentax smc DA 35mm f/2.8 Macro Lens, but it is quite a bit dearer as it is in the 'limited' series. Otherwise look for the Pentax DA 40mm F2.8mm XS Lens which was designed specifically to use with the K-01.

I'd have thought that any Pentax 18-55 lens would be a better buy and cheaper than the Phoenix you linked to. You can pick them up second hand very cheaply. Can't comment on the quality of that Phoenix lens though as I have never come across one, the Pentax ones are better than most for that range.

John K

Yes, you'd think there would be some consistency.

Then what about Channel 4 and the others?

Could be Samsung have some Beta firmware they'd let you try or a workaround so worth asking them, though I can guess the answer from their support people! But you never know.

Looks like Channel 5's available... http://www.samsung.com/uk/tvapps/app-detail.html#43

and just maybe: http://www.samsung.com/uk/tvapps/app-detail.html#29
though it says for smart TV.

John K

You haven't said which box it is but looking at reviews for several Samsung boxes it seems ITV player may not be supported yet. Seems you'll have to record Emmerdale and Corrie off the live broadcast.

I'd check with Samsung.

John K

Allegedly!

I did run a bit more of that video and he ends up dropping that prism and breaking it too.

I'm not sure if its just a bit of clowning around with an already failed camera - perhaps a service return - but there is a limit to watching equipment being smashed up and enough's enough.

John K