Crikey!

How many shots was that?

What about a Pentax 16-45 f4, £225 at our favourite shop!

No surprise that on a hobby based forum, many of the participants are those with time to pursue the hobby.

21 years before I can do it at times other than evenings, weekends and when the boss isn't looking.

p.s. Tim, that was offensive!

I think you are secretly admired for not pandering to the conservative rules of the forum.

Just had a look back at ths thread I started and can add that (as Dangermouse said on 06/10) a suprising £1.30 postage is required to send slide films.

I took my film to the local post office and got it appropriately stamped before sending to the Warwick lab, hence the processed/mounted slides came back in 9 days.

I shall dig out the MZ6 again as it seems there is not a problem with the processing (I had put it away when some of the earlier contributors seemed to suggest films might be lost).

Regards

I agree with you all, that the price will inevitably go downwards.

I think Simon is spot-on with his comment about the cashback showing over pricing. A high starting price is probably a crude way of managing demand until the product hits the shops in full supply.

In an e-mail from Warehouse Express today, the similar Nikon D7000 (post VAT increase) is listed at £999.

With factors like that in mind and that everyone is tightening their belts after Christmas, I was really wondering how long before a price cut to a settled level?

The K5 price changes tomorrow as the VAT increase takes effect and the "closing date" for cashback purchases is 15th January.

For a K5 body costing £979 today (£899 after cashback), this will become £1000 after 15th January.

What do you think the next price move will be from Pentax and when?

How did the K7 change last year after the cashback finished?


I did think a bit about a K5 for £979(£899) but I am not doing much photography at the moment (weather/time of year) and didn't know what I would do with my K10D if I took the plunge.

I have handled a K5 a couple of times and it feels a bit like my Fuji S5500 compact with hands getting in the way of each other unlike with the clunky K10D body + 16-45.

Regards

The K5 has seemed a mouth-watering prospect since it was announced, but the sensor problem is a definite put-off. I would echo the sentiments voiced by Simon.

See this site for price comparisons:

http://www.camerapricebuster.com/cat23.html

It seems that there is an even cheaper price of ~£665 available at Currys with the discount code shown.

Thanks all for your replies to my query.

It was the current SRS offer that was prompting me to consider this again.

Regards
Peter