Tooks wrote:
Just a thought, but can't Loskeran step in and help you out here?

Or was it purchased a long time ago?

I would be in touch with Sigma ASAP, tell them what a disgusting state the lens is in now, and that the problem still isn't fixed.

I would be asking them to arrange collection and re-delivery at their expense to...

It's pretty poor really, and I feel for you.

johnriley wrote:
I really doubt that. A Leica rangefinder of a Pentax ME Super say - no contest in ease of use, and it's not the rangefinder that wins.

Rangefinders are a bit of a lost art these days and many people find it very difficult to get to grips with matching the images in the viewfinder.

BODYHEAT wrote:
Rees, I am a long term LX user and lover (since 1981) and in my opinion it is still the best 35mm camera ever made by any manufacturer for a whole host of reasons.

I have held off buying a DSLR because I wanted the technology to mature a little and also because there wasn't any real DSLR equivalent to my LX from what I could see, either in Pentax or other makes. But after handling the K7, I really think this is the closest to a digital LX in handling, feel, size, weight of anything I have come across. It is a fully sealed metal body (sound familiar?) with LX like handling and digital output. It doesn't get much better than that.

What's more, I deliberately took my LX and standard 50mm 1.4 lens into SRS with me last week for that very reason to compare weights and sizes and they were close on both counts. I also fitted my manual 50mm lens on the K7 and adjusted the settings and guess what? It was almost as if I was handling an LX with a grip and a manual focus lens, which is what I am used to. Absolutely brilliant! Now I just have to find/justify the money

vickijw53 wrote:
I would love to join in this meet, my kids live in Bucks so easily stay with one of them, but I have two llamas due to have crias (babies) around then, so dependent on when we get our new arrivals, it may be possible!!
Vicki

Unlocker wrote:
LOL, this whole 'buy a video camera' is really getting a bit tedious for me, I do know that I am in a unique position to comment, but it just seems that some people will just never get it.

If you are going to buy a K-7, you will primarily buy it for it's stills performance and feature set, and it is worth it for the price. Well done, good purchase. Then if you are going to buy a camcorder, how much would this lot cost you, wether it's price or inconvenience?

Full control of aperture for depth of field
Interchangeable lenses from F1.4 to fisheye all of them stabilised!
High Definition 720P recording with excellent quality Pentax glass
Use the same batteries as your DSLR
Use the same memory cards as your DSLR
Take up no extra space or weight in your camera bag, just the one device
Be in your hands, turned on, ready to go at all times when you are shooting stills

All in a package smaller than your current K10 / K20.

Then the killer punch, you get all that, and more FOR FREE! Why on earth would I want to buy a video camera when I get all that for free with my K-7 FOR FREE? What extra benefit would I get? I repeat, a HD interchangeable lens camcorder FOR FREE!

I have a camcorder, I don't know where it is. Like Mike, it's probably done 30 mins of shooting in 5 years. The key word here is CONVENIENCE, and if you are primarily a stills shooter there is no camcorder in the world that is more convenient to you than your DSLR, in your hands, turned on and ready to use NOW.

Of course, if you want a lot of inconvenience, and a lack of creative control, want to carry around 2 complete kits around just in case, get a bigger camera bag or carry 2 with a lot more weight, don't want to change lenses, have batteries that are incompatible with each other, get a camcorder.

scotjames wrote:
Its also on www.hotukdeals.com