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Comment by loskeran posted on First production review of K-7 at 22/06/2009 - 08:36
hefty1 wrote:
I have in the past good dealings with Pentax UK (direct) when they had my *ist 35mm body with a fault and replaced it with a digital body, no spares (new board) available.ttk wrote:
Would you still have appreciated there service if you did not get a replacement from Pentax Langley to take with you to Italy? No I don't think so........
But he did, that's the point. Would you still have appreciated there service if you did not get a replacement from Pentax Langley to take with you to Italy? No I don't think so........
So they are ok for me.
Comment by loskeran posted on Pentax Customer Service – A story for the cynical... at 18/06/2009 - 15:42
Unlocker wrote:
Looking at those photos reminds me I really need to lose some weight!
Had a great day yesterday, fantastic venue, beautiful weather and it was great to put some faces to names! Just a shame that by the time we got home, had a stinking headache, put my head down for an hour and woke up 12 hours later! Think this K-7 testing lark is wearing me out!
Part of me is now wishing I hadn't got this for testing, as I just have to have one! By the time I add a grip I'm looking at £1400! Saving is going well though, I'm at £900, but I may just have to let the K20 go, or pass that down to Fiona and see what we can get for a K10D GP!
Like others, I don't need it but it is just going to be too damned hard trying to go backwards from here! It's just too exciting and too damned good. It may be £200 less by Christmas, maybe not, but I'll get more than £200 enjoyment out of it between now and then, especially now that we have National Trust membership!
Will post some pictures tomorrow, as I'm just having a nightmare day at work!
PS thanks for bringing the kit along Steve, that was good fun, and I learned a bit especially with regards to the 1.7x adaptor!
Well I think Pentax should give you the camera, the amount of work you have put in doing a superb "selling" job, making most of us on the forum wanting one.Looking at those photos reminds me I really need to lose some weight!
Had a great day yesterday, fantastic venue, beautiful weather and it was great to put some faces to names! Just a shame that by the time we got home, had a stinking headache, put my head down for an hour and woke up 12 hours later! Think this K-7 testing lark is wearing me out!
Part of me is now wishing I hadn't got this for testing, as I just have to have one! By the time I add a grip I'm looking at £1400! Saving is going well though, I'm at £900, but I may just have to let the K20 go, or pass that down to Fiona and see what we can get for a K10D GP!
Like others, I don't need it but it is just going to be too damned hard trying to go backwards from here! It's just too exciting and too damned good. It may be £200 less by Christmas, maybe not, but I'll get more than £200 enjoyment out of it between now and then, especially now that we have National Trust membership!
Will post some pictures tomorrow, as I'm just having a nightmare day at work!
PS thanks for bringing the kit along Steve, that was good fun, and I learned a bit especially with regards to the 1.7x adaptor!
So Pentax let the man keep it, "You know he's worth it"
Comment by loskeran posted on Pentax K-7 meet, Sunday 14th June - Wiltshire! at 15/06/2009 - 19:19
I do not care what they call Pentax, I like mine, it's their hard luck if they want any other make.
Comment by loskeran posted on AP First Look at K7 at 15/06/2009 - 15:13
johnriley wrote:
AP has published its First Look at the K7 - I've just finished reading it.
I suppose stung by accusations of Canon/Nikon bias, the wording of the article is so neutral and carefully worded that I could imagine I almost felt the pain of the writer. Poor Angela was given this task, but she does survive it fairly intact!I think, but I could be wrong, that she likes the K7...
If she does like the K7 it must be good .AP has published its First Look at the K7 - I've just finished reading it.
I suppose stung by accusations of Canon/Nikon bias, the wording of the article is so neutral and carefully worded that I could imagine I almost felt the pain of the writer. Poor Angela was given this task, but she does survive it fairly intact!I think, but I could be wrong, that she likes the K7...
She does not like much other than the very top end cameras.
I stopped having AP because of the bias, and the same old thing over and over, this camera verses that camera.
One mag has just done a hatchet job on the X70, bottom of the pile, I personally have not tried one but I know one or two seem ok with their X70's.
Comment by loskeran posted on AP First Look at K7 at 13/06/2009 - 12:54
Just wait for a few months, or as long as you can and the price will fall, the K20 was expensive when it came out and is now £519 at SRS.
Comment by loskeran posted on K-7 + DA*60-250mm +400ISO +Parrots! at 12/06/2009 - 19:36
shim wrote:
I remember a book by George Nicholls a leading advertising photographer who I met once in the 70's called "Picture if You Can" which for him summed up the difference between amateur and professional photography. The amateur could picture when he felt like, when the weather was good etc. whereas the pro had to produce the goods whether he felt like it or not, even when the weather was bad. He left photography and went into engineering shortly after the book was published. There was another top fashion photographer in the 70's and I'm talking of someone in the top handful in the country, who just packed in one day and went driving long distance wagons to the middle east, pulling up when he felt like to take some photographs.... can't remember his name.
I'm quite happy taking snaps if I want, when I want and where I want. I also only take them to please me, which means they don't have to be of a very high standard.
shim
Just like me Shim, a happy snapper.and just pleased with that.Peter Elgar wrote:
I started in professional photography in 1959-- ............. (snipped for brevity)
Very interesting story Peter.... really good read.I started in professional photography in 1959-- ............. (snipped for brevity)
I remember a book by George Nicholls a leading advertising photographer who I met once in the 70's called "Picture if You Can" which for him summed up the difference between amateur and professional photography. The amateur could picture when he felt like, when the weather was good etc. whereas the pro had to produce the goods whether he felt like it or not, even when the weather was bad. He left photography and went into engineering shortly after the book was published. There was another top fashion photographer in the 70's and I'm talking of someone in the top handful in the country, who just packed in one day and went driving long distance wagons to the middle east, pulling up when he felt like to take some photographs.... can't remember his name.
I'm quite happy taking snaps if I want, when I want and where I want. I also only take them to please me, which means they don't have to be of a very high standard.
shim
Comment by loskeran posted on PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY at 12/06/2009 - 19:27
Thats the one
Comment by loskeran posted on Assasin bug at 12/06/2009 - 14:34
hefty1 wrote:
No. I enjoy photography as a hobby and would have no wish to develop it into work - it'd sap the fun out of it for me.
It would for me to.No. I enjoy photography as a hobby and would have no wish to develop it into work - it'd sap the fun out of it for me.
I pick my camera up when I feel like it and it would be a pain having to "do it" when I wanted to do other things,I am sometimes asked why I do not sell some images, I feel that if some one likes them enough to want to hang them on the wall they are welcome to them.
If I am happy with an image that's enough for me and if doing it for money it is others you have to please and that takes the fun out of it for me.
Comment by loskeran posted on PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY at 12/06/2009 - 14:33
Oh and 1 tip I've learned that I would like to pass on. If you come home from the pub with 3 or 4 pints in you and you pick up your K-7 with DA*55 on it to film your Wife proudly being able to walk up the stairs again after breaking her ankle, DON'T SHOOT IT IN PORTRAIT! There endeth the lesson for the day!
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I know the feeling, she who must be obeyed would not be amused
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I know the feeling, she who must be obeyed would not be amused
Comment by loskeran posted on I've got a K-7 to play with for 2 weeks!! at 12/06/2009 - 10:07
How many images do you see with burnt out sky's or bright spots with no detail.
I was very pleased when I first had my K20 with the amount of detail that I was getting in the shadows and highlights, my Nikon D80 could not do as good.
As with most better cameras a little “Photoshop” work is required even the Nikon top D series require work.
You can buy cheap “bridge” cameras that will give that “punchy” look but when looked at close, no detail, So for me Pentax do a very good job, that is one of the reasons why I use Pentax.
If you are not one to do Photoshop try Elements 6-7 and do an auto correct.
But remember Pentax DSLRs are “top end” enthusiast cameras not bridge.
I shoot RAW DNG, I am not the best at Photoshop but use CS2 and Elements7. So don't worry if you see in the “reviews” under exposes That is the Pentax way.
Look at Nikon reviews some will say “ images a little soft” and that was at the Nikon D300
Ps And I use a good graphics card and monitor (calibrated).