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Comment by Mannesty posted on K7 rippoff at 22/05/2009 - 12:57
I have allso seen Petnax.
It does help occasionally to search on these strangely spelled names. People selling those items mostly have no clue on what they are selling so you can get great bargains
Comment by Mannesty posted on How many ways . . . at 22/05/2009 - 12:32
Comment by Mannesty posted on How many ways . . . at 22/05/2009 - 11:53
Damn, you guys get stung from every direction don't you :
In the case of the K-7, it needs people to NOT rush out and buy it at that price, rather than pre-order at over-inflated rip-off prices. Then the price would have to come down.
I'm not even considering buying one yet, not until the price falls to around £800 at least. If it never does, I miss out on a great camera and Pentax UK can go swivel.
Comment by Mannesty posted on Some simple arithmetic at 22/05/2009 - 11:25
Just out of interest, load the latest firmware onto a card and insert it in the camera, power on the camera with the menu button pressed and see if the camera reads the card then.
If the firmware has rendered the card reader inoperative, the only other way might be to do it from the USB port but I'm not sure if that can be done.
Comment by Mannesty posted on Warranty K10D at 22/05/2009 - 10:39
EDIT: I very much doubt that SRS will replace it after that length of time so it'll probably have to go into the black hole of Pentax repairs. Prepare yourself for a long turnround time now that Pentax repairs are outsourced. User TTK on here had to wait 7+ weeks for a repair under warranty.
Comment by Mannesty posted on Warranty K10D at 22/05/2009 - 06:47
Comment by Mannesty posted on 20mm f4 For Sale at 22/05/2009 - 00:43
Is it not possible that the camera was actually in program mode, and when SR was turned on, it knew that a lower shutter speed would work - thereby enabling it to use a smaller aperture for greater DOF and/or better sharpness.
There was no way for it to know when it was on a tripod, and it would then have used a "safe" speed.
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Comment by Mannesty posted on Why Does SR lower The Shutter Speed? at 22/05/2009 - 00:36
Pentax UK didn't even have any mention of it on their website until today (the day after the worldwide launch) and even now it's not emblazened on their front page.
Then they rub our faces in the mud by pricing it damn near 1$ = £1
No freaking way . . .
Comment by Mannesty posted on Are you going to buy the K-7 at 21/05/2009 - 20:22
My take is that it's twice the price of a K20D but it's not twice the camera.
Comment by Mannesty posted on Are you going to buy the K-7 at 21/05/2009 - 18:40
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