When the girl friend said "don't worry about the price" you have really do have to hang onto her.

Jan says that I'm a craftsman or is that a crafty man?

Before I go back to France I was looking through last years photos and found this. Sorry about the fence around the windmill. DA12-24mm lens at 12mm.

Rob, the Pentax one's from SRS are what I use.

Hello Scott and welcome to the forum.

All good photos Peter.

Well captured all of them.

On Sunday 21/06/09 I got out my Metz 58AF-1 flashgun to use at a party later in the day. I mounted the flash on my K10D and proceeded to test it out. Before firing all looked ok and I set P-TTL and took a photo, I looked at the LCD screen and it now read “Zoom Error” so did the usual things such as turning it off then on again and dismounting it from the camera and back on again, but nothing could get rid of the zoom error.

22/06/09 I phoned the importer Intro 2020 for advice on what to do and was told to return it for a repair estimate as it was out of warranty. (It is18 months old and has low usage).
23/06/09 Packed and sent flash unit to Intro 2020 by recorded delivery to Intro 2020 with a covering letter asking for a goodwill gesture as the zoom error failure is a known defect.
24/06/09 Received by Intro 2020.
30/06/09 Received estimate for repair.
30/06/09 Agreed and paid estimate by phone.
01/07/09 am. Received repaired Metz 58AF-1 by recorded post.

Repairs to flash
Parts Reflector plate 1 00.72
MZ-PCB 1 11.03
Labour 42.00
Post & package 07.50
VAT 09.19
Total 70.44
My Post & package to Intro 2020 06.70
Grand total of repair £77.14

Whilst I am happy with the speed of the repair I am not happy about not getting a reply to my letter with regards to a goodwill gesture towards the repair or parts for a known fault.

As I am now nearly £80 out of pocket I would ask all of you out there with a Metz flashgun to give it a good workout before its first birthday.

On Sunday I purchased a shoulder bag from a Reeboc outlet. It's lightweight and holds a K10D and grip with DA*50-135mm lens with room for even the largest of my lenses. It also has a large zipped pocket for any extras. There was 50% off the ticket price, so for £7 I have a bag that can carry my camera discretely. So look in one of the outlet stores you should be lucky. I have since fitted some closed cell foam for added protection.

Hello Bart and welcome to the forum.