Pentax UK site now updated including press releases , K10D etc

Not sure if this shows power of the web or coincidence

Anybody getting intersted in Pentax, maybe moving over from another brand with the current resurgence, K10D, new lenses, Digital 645 on the way etc, and wanting to know more may be drawn to the Pentax UK website for more information

What a Disaster!!

K100 D listed, but no mention of K110D, let alone the K10D!
Lenses: not even a mention of the new 10-17, which is readily available on the market

OK, it's a bit early to mention the 645D, and they have the film body listed
BUT - Not a single 645 lens listed or even referred to! - hardly the way to whet the appetite of anybody who may have heard of the forthcomming wonder camera. This is strange considering that the site does list 6x7 lenses.

Other country's Pentax websites have a news section. For Pentax UK you actually have to fill in a registration form, after which they may condescent to e-mail you the odd titbit.

All this hardly engenders confidence in after sales support and back up

Pentax UK should sort themselves out, put up and maintain a proper website and act like they really want to sell Pentax gear in the UK. ALternatively Pentax should sack them and appoint a more capable distributor.

Zaphod

Park Camera don't want £900

They say that is the SRP, and indicate that they will beat this by a significant margin

I would guess Park and most retailers will initially price it at £800, with further discounts after the initial launch feeding frenzy

Does anybody have one of these and can give an opinion of image quality vs, say 12-24? Not so bothered at f2.8 end but at optimum f8ish for landscapes

Thanks

Kevin

The end of Canon and Nikon is nigh

this may seem far fetched to Nikon and Canon devotees, but consider this

Sony have bought out Konica Minolta and Samsung have bought out Pentax. The resources of these electronic giants is vast compared to Canon or Nikon, and you can be sure they havn't moved into photography for fun; they will be intent on carving out a major market share by competitive pricing and technical innovation.

It has already started; they have both introduced anti-shake into their bodies, so avoiding the massive expense you Canon and Nikon fans incur when buying IS or VR lenses.
Sony manufactures its own sensors and Samsung has the resources to do so too. In future they will be able to get the latest sensors in their cameras first before filtering them down to other manufacturers

I am very happy with my Minolta 5400

When you say you can't match the quality of the original slide; do you mean on your monitor or printer? Maybe one or both are the problem, if so colour matching profiles can help.

A useful test is sent a scanned slide to peak imaging or similar to see what their print is like

I scan Velvia, Elitechrome and Sensia

For critical pics I sometimes used the facility to autofocus on a selected part of the slide

Post scanning tweeking of the histogram is also imprtant to get most detail from a slide to a digital print

any other suggestions?

Sorry if this is a FAQ

what is the safest way to clean the sensor (1 or 2 spots) and screen (quite a few specs)?

Thanks

Kevin

So Sony have taken over the KM mount..SOny is a bigger brand name than KM so it makes sense to use their label

Pentax and Samsung?

Personally i am not bothered if Pentx becomes Samsung, so long as I can keep up to date with the next generaion DSLR that will fit my existing lenses