Your strobes synch voltage is ISO 10330 compliant which limits it to a maximum of 24v so does not require any kind of 'safe synch' adapter.

They also have built-in slave capability too so all you need is a hot shoe to PC socket adapter for your camera and a PC to PC synch lead from the adapter to one strobe.

The second strobe can simply be set to slave mode and you're good to go.

Neither the F or FA 100mm 1:2.8 macro lenses can be focussed manually when AF is selected on both the lens and the body, they have no 'quick shift' mechanism like the D-FA lens.

They do however have a selector on the lens allowing the choice of AF or MF, so you can leave the body set to AF.

The IQ of these lenses is outstanding.

Another possibly important difference between the F, FA, and D-FA lenses is their weight. The older lenses are much heavier at 590g, 600g, and 345g respectively.

My preference is to shoot with WB set to daylight. Take a pic of a white or grey card and adjust in PP. This only really works satisfactorily if the lighting temperature is reasonably constant.

AWB is not very good in tungsten lighting, no matter how bright or dim (the light that is, not the photographer).

I bought a used MZ-6 manual in English from this seller. He/she delivered one . . . in Italian.

Since then I've returned the manual at my own expense and it has been replaced with the English one.

A 14mm is the nearest equivalent to a 20mm on a 35mm film camera.

Your best options are SMC Pentax DA 12-24mm or Sigma 10-20mm. If you like the fisheye perspective there's the SMC Pentax DA 10-17mm.

I doubt that there is anybody here that can make any constructive comment about the repair of camera that has been dropped.

Pentax will o a free of charge inspection and estimate for the repair but I suspect that it'll not be worth the expense.

I'd buy a new camera and don't let your GF use it.

The site looks very clean and is simple to navigate.

I do however think that it is inviting a tidal wave of spam mail by listing all staff names and email addresses.

Hi Peter can you explain what you meen by grade A, Im not aware of the term. The guy I talked to from pentax said the cameras were fully checked by there tech staff before being sent out to make sure there were no problems or defects on the cameras. I forgot to mention they also come with a kit lens as well.
Ian[/quote]I was repeating only what Chris (SRS) told me. My understanding is that grade A refurbished stock is unmarked and to all intents and purposes is as brand new. These will include mail order returns etc. which have not failed in use and been repaired, but basically have never been used.

The refurb's that SRS had previously were grade A refurbs, unmarked. Apparantly the ones that Pentax are shifting, both on ebay and direct, are not grade A which is why SRS haven't taken any more.

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