I spoke to the CR Kennedy (Pentax Australia) service manager on Friday asking about my 16-50SDM. They still have it. It will go to Pentax, Japan for repair when they have enough to send to justify postage! He said another two months minimum before we know if its done.

Anyone using Pentax in Australia for professional use either needs a duplicate system or a different system. No in country support for repair. I speak out of term, there may be a third party company here doing repairs-shame on Pentax.

I'm using the Sigma 17-50 at the moment.

I wonder if the next Pentax body will be classed as professional? God help anyone over here if they need support.

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Knee deep in water, K7 and 10-17mm, blue sky and 100 kite surfers.
These people are attracted to cameras.






















The front of the lens gets lots of sea water in it. That's the price of close up and personal. Back tomorrow with swimming shorts and out to waist deep.

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I last drank it in Bahrain.

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I did struggle to get low shutter shots without a tripod or decent support but this Sigma OS seems to work better than the in body SR on my K7. That was one reason I very rarely used SR.

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Great set Gary.

Did you need earplugs?

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When there's storms about up here, there's always a huge colour swing in the sky Gareth. I really should start using a tripod for these types of shots.

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A few from Karratha this week.



















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Well done JudithAnn.

The word "wholesome" came to mind whilst looking at your image.

Some excellent ideas and images presented by all.

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Otherwise a great set, well done and presented that man.

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