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You Cheapskate Mike
Talk about being tight, It is not out until tomorrow morning so I will have to get mine on the way to Slimbridge to do some Camera/lens testing High ISO's etc.

Comment by loskeran posted on K7 Problems ? at 10/08/2009 - 14:52

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Pentax K-7
The K-7 is Pentax's first 'pro-sumer' DSLR, and is compact, weatherproof and features a host of novel features. Angela Nicholson tries it out

I just hope She does not get a bad one

Comment by loskeran posted on K7 Problems ? at 10/08/2009 - 14:44

loskeran
Mike-P wrote:
I wonder if the viral marketing they did with the K-7 was maybe a little too successful and Pentax had to rush it out faster than they would have liked. It all seems to have been done in a very slapdash fashion to be honest.

Trouble is this could come back and bite them big time, especially if they have given all the big review sites a body to play with and it turns out to be a dodgy one.
There will be a review in AP tomorrow.

Comment by loskeran posted on K7 Problems ? at 10/08/2009 - 14:36

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With the K-7 so under my skin as I'm sure most of you know, I am well and truly gutted.
I bet you are I would be too, perhaps even p*****d off after paying loads of cash out, and all that work you put in with the pre-production body testing.
It does not look good when Pentax puts out kit like this, have they got a death wish or something?

Comment by loskeran posted on K7 Problems ? at 10/08/2009 - 14:01

loskeran
Just try Towns and City's, but I doubt if you will find one I tried, no joy.

Comment by loskeran posted on Another Jessops bargain at 09/08/2009 - 20:52

loskeran
I'm with you Mike, but some "Idiots" who get a lucky shot sell or give it away and let someone else make loads out of it, A local "pro" who used to make a living, is now selling up, the news papers who were his bread and butter clients are getting it all done for free by amateurs who think they can break in to the market that way, and as soon as they start asking for payment, it's bye-bye time.
I do photography for a hobby no more than that.

Comment by loskeran posted on Selling Out? at 09/08/2009 - 13:06

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In the mean time, go out and shoot something, the tools don't make the tradesman.
But if you have the right tools it really helps.

Comment by loskeran posted on Had a go with the K-7 today at 08/08/2009 - 14:40

loskeran
I notice you are in Bahrain, the last time I was there (RAF) I was airlifted from Aden to the hospital after trying to get close to a mortar blast.
I did not see much of it(Bahrain) but was pushed out on a bed into the sunshine, before being shipped back to the UK RAF hospital near Swindon, that was many years ago.
Yes, I have had many Pentax cameras going back to the Spotty, and even a K1000.
I just gave my last film body to Amin so he could give film a try.

Comment by loskeran posted on Had a go with the K-7 today at 08/08/2009 - 14:28

loskeran
Maybe it is just me, but in recent years everything is getting smaller in the “electronics field” mobile phones that do everything are so tiny you have a stylus to use it, on the other side cars are getting larger in size, for instance a Nissan Micra has nearly doubled in body size.
Some of us are getting older, eyesight not as good as it was, dexterity rubbish, in other words falling apart, who said life begins at 40? It is all down hill from there for most of us, and after 60 with failing health and a lousy memory.
I do not want the “do it all” camera, the next thing they are bound to stick in them is something like a “ipod” function or even the VGA screen on the back could double for built in TV.
I may be a grumpy old git but just maybe the manufactures could just make a body that was superb image quality, very low noise at very high ISO’s ultra fast AF and a body that fits hands like mine.
Just a second they do don’t they, but that’s another story (make). But way out of my league financially, any body out there know the lottery numbers for tonight?

Comment by loskeran posted on Had a go with the K-7 today at 08/08/2009 - 11:10

loskeran
Greytop wrote:
What worries me about this and other similar companies is the veil that they hide behind.
If you dig around a little you can usually get a good idea of how they operate.
Just look at what "Camera Box" have to say about SE?
Camera Box has some of the best prices of UK stock also saying that SE are grey import, not UK sourced.
All Camera Box items are warranted in this country not just by the seller.

Comment by loskeran posted on K7 Prices at 07/08/2009 - 21:08

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