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You could end up doing a lot of damage that could be expensive to have repaired.
My view is that the inside of modern cameras is the field for experts with the right equipment to open, repair and recalibrate.
Cameras are precision devices.
My view is that the inside of modern cameras is the field for experts with the right equipment to open, repair and recalibrate.
Cameras are precision devices.
Comment by johnriley posted on K100D mods (am I nuts?) at 27/12/2006 - 11:18
Well pentaxjapan just might have been wanting to wish us all Happy New Year....
Perhaps, Arthur, you are thinking that if you get up from lying down in front of the bulldozer, it will sneakily knock down your house.....
Perhaps, Arthur, you are thinking that if you get up from lying down in front of the bulldozer, it will sneakily knock down your house.....
Comment by johnriley posted on www.PentaxWorld.com for worldwide Pentax users at 01/01/2007 - 12:44
I think it was the direct e-mails that made everyone very cautious. Following links in e-mails from unknown sources is not very wise, even when they look to be genuine.
Don't forget the constant "phishing" that is going on all the time. It seems that users of pentaxUser are suitably cautious!
Don't forget the constant "phishing" that is going on all the time. It seems that users of pentaxUser are suitably cautious!
Comment by johnriley posted on www.PentaxWorld.com for worldwide Pentax users at 31/12/2006 - 12:09
You're always welcome! Everyone!
Forums take a very long time to develop, and PentaxUser has become a really lively place to meet. Some other forums are so quiet you can hear the echo when you arrive....
Hope everyone has a great New Year, perhaps even with their new cameras!
Forums take a very long time to develop, and PentaxUser has become a really lively place to meet. Some other forums are so quiet you can hear the echo when you arrive....
Hope everyone has a great New Year, perhaps even with their new cameras!
Comment by johnriley posted on www.PentaxWorld.com for worldwide Pentax users at 29/12/2006 - 09:14
Fair comment, duly dealt with.
Comment by johnriley posted on Pentax issues new firmware for six DSLRs at 25/04/2007 - 23:52
That's fine, and for portraiture AF can be very useful. The sort of macro work I do does not really benefit from AF, so I turn it off and focus manually, but for other types of work the AF stays on. It's more a matter of what is suitable for the purpose, what is ideal, what can be worked around if budjets are tight, and so on.
The technology is great, but not essential.
The technology is great, but not essential.
Comment by johnriley posted on Macro Options for K10d at 27/12/2006 - 11:16
That's a fair point. Personally I don't think AF is all that important for macro work, so maybe a manual focus macro lens will suit you. It depends upon the sort of macro shots you plan on taking.
Comment by johnriley posted on Macro Options for K10d at 26/12/2006 - 23:14
Try eBay, but buy carefully, or alternayively try the ads at the back of AP.
Comment by johnriley posted on Macro Options for K10d at 26/12/2006 - 17:55
eBay. There have been a few sellers offering these lenses, new or as-new, and when mine arrived there was no doubt that it was indeed new.
However, Sue has the SMC Pentax-DA 50-200mm lens and if you can afford the extra then that is without doubt the better lens.