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I use 24 / 43 / 77 on APS-C, but that's something to do with how magical those numbers are! If I went all Limiteds I'd have 15 / 43 / 77. But instead I got a zoom (same price,same quality, wider), so I have 12-24 / 43 / 77.

Comment by rparmar posted on The classic 3 lens kit at 29/06/2009 - 14:17

iceblinker wrote:
I wonder again: why can't I plug an ordinary hard drive into my network router at home?

Well, that's an easy one. A hard drive is just a stupid hard drive. A NAS is a full computer with its own operating system and knowledge of interfaces needed to communicate with hard drives. It's smart. Those smarts cost more money.

Back to the OP, there are indeed host USB hard drives one can use to dump data from SD cards and the like. But they are many times more expensive than a simple portable USB drive.

Comment by rparmar posted on USB Storage with DSLR at 29/06/2009 - 14:15

Fame is the enemy. It never does anyone any good, least of all the famous, but we are taught to crave it. Jackson was a real case in point.

Comment by rparmar posted on RIP Michael Jackson at 29/06/2009 - 14:09

Thanks for your work.

And, yeah, if it was going for half price even I would consider one.

Comment by rparmar posted on I've got a K-7 to play with for 2 weeks!! at 19/06/2009 - 14:52

No-one should be without their towel! That's Douglas Adams 101.

Comment by rparmar posted on Taking a photo at 19/06/2009 - 01:49

womble wrote:
K-9 did feature in one of the new Dr Who episodes which I saw when I was stateside.

Ah, but the real question is... How quickly did he lock focus?

Comment by rparmar posted on I've got a K-7 to play with for 2 weeks!! at 18/06/2009 - 18:59

I read that the original name was to be K-9 until Pentax USA informed Pentax Japan that it might be taken for a dog. No knowledge of (old) Doctor Who in the USA of course.

Comment by rparmar posted on I've got a K-7 to play with for 2 weeks!! at 18/06/2009 - 17:18

Thanks for the tips!

Comment by rparmar posted on Photo Books at 18/06/2009 - 11:43

vic cross wrote:
Just a word of warning to those who may be thinking of buying. Check if it has the Richo pin!. The one that I have has/had it. I removed it on mine. There was a post with all the instructions on how to do so not long ago.

Good point! These lenses are usually marked "PK/R" or some variant. The Ricoh Pin Fix has helped many.

Comment by rparmar posted on Vivitar 24mm F2.8 at 18/06/2009 - 11:42

shim wrote:
Good it wasn't some "Budget Lens" manufacturer then, although I believe there were some budget Pentax lenses made by A.N. Othersaki may be they are good and all the magazine tests over the years were wrong and I've been buying the wrong lenses

Yep, you've been wrong all these years. The Vivitar lenses made by Komine and Kiron offered equivalent or superior optics to the "main brands" in the late seventies and eighties. Many photographers have attested to this.

And how much would you pay for a Pentax 24/2 or 28/2? You can get a Vivitar for a fraction of the price. Although now people have discovered this fact, the price has gone up considerably from, say, two years ago.

Comment by rparmar posted on Vivitar 24mm F2.8 at 18/06/2009 - 11:40

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