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Further to my original query, I have just updated my PC to Windows 11 expecting Lightroom 3 and Photoshop Elements 5 to be inoperable. To my surprise, both function well with Windows 11!!! Hopefully this info may be of use to someone

Michael

Hi
According to the WEX website they have four in stock for under £500. Any good? See https://www.wexphotovideo.com/used-pentax-k-mount/?p=categoryPath%3A%22used%3Eus...

Michael

Out of interest I dug out my old 1970 Wallace Heaton catalogue this morning and looked at compact 35mm cameras. Then, the average price was around £40. Then I used the 'What@s it Worth' website to see how much £40 computes to in 2024. Believe it or not, the website calculated that £40 in 1970 equals £780 by todays values. With that in mind, maybe the Pentax 17, is better value?? How is that for a useless piece of information??

I use the One Drive that came with Microsoft 365. Not quite as quick as BT Cloud, but being a belt and braces man, I also back up on Flash Memory sticks

Michael

Hi
I have just checked the BT Web Protect programme which will only work via the BT network. This morning I have been trying to access the Pentax User site using an android device in a field via the Samsung router and the same problems occur as I experience trying to access Pentax user from home on BT. With this in mind, I very much doubt whether BT is to blame! The problem has only been occurring in the last few weeks. Is it at all conceivable that other members, who are not on BT, have been experiencing problems, but have attributed the issues to the weather or whatever and have not reported it. I can access other websites with no difficulty at all, so why is getting onto Pentax User a problem?

Best wishes

Michael

Crowd funding???

I have been experiencing the same problems. I am with BT/EE too. I have issues accessing the site on Android devices when away from home. I have no issues with other sites. Are Spad and I unique or are other users having the same issue?

Michael

Steve
When your shot was underexposed, how close to the subject were you? I gather that the ist DS would underexpose when flash was used in close up, for want of a better word, but behaved correctly with wider scenes. Just a thought

Michael

I came across the following link to a display of photographs from the 1970s taken with a Pentax Spotmatic https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2024/07/10/photos-from-the-70s-go-on-display/ I thought that members may find it interesting

Michael