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£199, which we thought was rather less than the new one is likely to be.

Comment by johnriley posted on A Wonderful Wife at 11/04/2018 - 23:13

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I've been looking at the SMC Pentax-F 17-28mm f/3.5-4.5 Fisheye Zoom on ffordes website for quite a while, and then I had a birthday. I already had a Wonderful Wife, and she bought it for me.

It works brilliantly on the K-1, so I'll look forward to posting some pictures very soon. It was labelled Ex++ by ffordes, but it's actually spotless, so that suggests we can buy secondhand from them with confidence.

Comment by johnriley posted on A Wonderful Wife at 11/04/2018 - 16:21

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It was a spam post that brought this thread back. The spam has been removed, but it did bring the post back to page 1 as a consequence. The OP dates back to 2003 and has long since gone.

Comment by johnriley posted on MX - when were they made until ? at 11/04/2018 - 09:20

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I usually use this one: https://www.pentaxforums.com/pages/check-shutter-count-exif.html

You just need to shoot a JPEG file and then upload it and all will be revealed.

Comment by johnriley posted on Shutter actuations? at 10/04/2018 - 09:13

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You're welcome to talk about photography in general, but Kris is right - this is a Pentax forum for Pentax related discussion.

Comment by johnriley posted on Looking for Nikon D3300 camera at 10/04/2018 - 09:11

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Thanks for sharing Gareth.

I watched both the videos. I hope the beautiful isolation of the coast around you proves to be therapeutic as well as picturesque.

Comment by johnriley posted on My 2nd VLOG at 09/04/2018 - 09:52

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The K-5 is indeed a splendid camera, and still fully usable, but the K-3 and K-3II do pack in more detail and do operate slightly faster.

Sue uses the K-3, I use the K-3II, and we both get great images from them. Sue uses the K-3 because she wants the pop-up flash. WE would both upgrade again, we've been very pleased with the progress between models.

Comment by johnriley posted on K5IIs to a K3? at 04/04/2018 - 09:48

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It was a total number which included some K and some M designs. Of course, soon some A designs began to appear as well. So it is a fluid number, so it will depend on exactly when we look and do our count.

Comment by johnriley posted on Does Pentax need a CHEAP DSLR......?? at 01/04/2018 - 18:35

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It's a web thing I think. Your browser settings should have a box to disallow pop-ups. I don't get any on any site I visit, so it must work.

Or perhaps try another browser?

Comment by johnriley posted on Site popups at 31/03/2018 - 11:47

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I counted just K mount lenses on the SRS website.

To that we could add any 645 and Q mount, so all in all a phenomenal number of lenses.

Lenses are strange creatures though - these days they appear and disappear and it's not so long ago that SRS were even offering new FA J 75-300mm lenses at just over £100. I snatched up one of those and it's very useful on the K-1. Conversely, many exotic Nikon and Canon optics could be special order only, with long waits.

Comment by johnriley posted on Does Pentax need a CHEAP DSLR......?? at 31/03/2018 - 10:39

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