Anyone ever bought from Microglobe - London online?

I spoke to a client of mine about it who is a pro sports photographer, when he was a hobbyist he used Pentax but is now a Nikon guy as he moved to FF.

His belief is that Camera manufacturers develop their own raw formats for faster write speeds which enable better fps in burst or continuous shooting. He suggests if you shoot a lot of burst and continuous as he does you will notice that you get less lag and marginally faster shooting. He reckons it makes next to no difference to the average user but often improves what they can publish on the spec sheet.

He says that most proprietary raw files are bigger than dng but that PEF in the latest Pentax is marginally smaller.

He suggests that there is no difference in image quality. And that he generally is happy to use PEF as he doesn't believe the proprietary formats will disappear as although they are not open source like DNG manufacturers happily share them with software manufacturers on a non disclosure basis without charge as it is in their interest's that the format is easily worked with.

But if you are worried and don't need the marginal improvement in in camera processing you won't lose out by using DNG.

The explanation makes perfect sense to me as I had wondered why manufacturers bother spending money developing their own formats if DNG is all that.

DNG it is then based on the above but I think PEF has pretty good uptake as even Google Photos recognises it.

Hi Guys

Currently I just have the two kit lenses that came with my KS-2.

As 90% of my photographs are of a fast moving 3 year old in door I think a fast 50mm or similar with auto-focus would be a well used addition to my kit.

Not long bought my Camera (had it 3 days) so Mrs B won't be impressed if I spend a great deal.

I'm looking at the SMC DA 50mm f1.8 which I can get new for £85 ( http://www.jessops.com/online.store/categories/products/pentax/smc-da-50mm-f-1-8... l) and have seen used for £55.

But I was wondering if you guys have any alternative suggestions that I should consider - open to used and non-pentax built.

Thanks In Advance.

Thanks Guys that's a great list of sites, now all bookmarked in chrome.

Oddly my next lens at the moment is cheaper new from Jessops (or within £5) than it is on all the used sites other than CEX

I looked at the classifieds here but thought they were no longer in use as no adverts actually come up.

Anyone ever bought from CEX - if you don't know they basically buy used tech and resell on UK high streets their online prices are very good but they are not a camera specialist so I'm a bit concerned about the condition.

Hi

All just spent up my camera fund on my new KS2 with the twin lens kit (18-50 & 50-200) for kit lenses they are really decent quality, but I shoot indoors a lot, candid family stuff and I don't like using flash so really think I need a faster lens for portraits.

So I'm looking for second hand options. Not having bought used before I was wondering if you guys can recommend reputable used lens sellers who will have checked their gear and offer some form of returns policy.

I'm in the UK, so would prefer vendors who will ship here obviously.

Thanks in advance.