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Not sure if I have done this correctly. Hopefully you will see my picture! This is my best picture of a European Roller in flight. Taken in Tanzania 2009 while watching and trying to photograph them mobbing some Lesser Kestrels. I had actually given up as I didn't believe I would actually manage to get a shot at all. Suggestion for taking birds flying at high speed gratefully accepted. If the link to the photo doesn't work I will add the picture to the main gallery tomorrow.

Hi Peter,

I did try some test shots in the house, which looked OK on the camera but I don't think that is always a realiable check, however, as I was going on Safari, I didn't want to risk taking the camera only to find that all the shots were out of focus, which was what Jessops said might happen. The man at London Camera Exchange also switched it on before agreeing to send it back to Pentax.

Thanks Jeanette

Hi,
Thanks to you all for your welcome and comments. I took the camera to Jessops and they diagnosed the problem. I then took it to the London Camera Exchange to send back to Pentax for a quote. The problem is, it didn't clunk when I first had it. The clunk came on almost overnight, I had been practising quite happily with it with no clunk, didn't use it for a couple of weeks and then it started. The picture I took called Chesterfield Sunrise on the gallery was taken pre-clunk. My replacement doesn't have a clunk at the moment either. You could also feel the cluck through the base of the camera as well. It will be interesting to see what Pentax say. Will keep you all informed.

Thanks

Jeanette

Hi everyone,

I have only justed joined this forum and think its great! Love uploading my photos and receiving your feedback.

I have been using Pentax since 2007 when I bought my first ever SLR (K100D). Upgraded to the K200D at Christmas for my holiday in March. Postponed holiday to April and the week I was due to fly realised my camera which had been happy sitting on the dinning room table had developed a clunk when switched on. It turned out the Image Stabliser had broken and on the day I flew had to buy a new K200D body! It survived 2 weeks of bumping around the Serengeti with no problems. Has anyone else had any problems with the K200D? I can't remember where I bought it! Might have been Ebay!