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Going against the grain a little here but I personally couldn't live with the strong purple fringing of the Tamron which wasn't always possible to remove in PP , I also didn't like the "muddy" looking colours it produced ...I quickly sold mine & bought the Sigma 70-300APO, which was too soft past 240mm.... I now own the Pentax 55-300 which IMHO is by far the best "budget" telephoto in Pentax fit, to be fair it should be as it is quite a bit more expensive than the others, worth it though

simon

Comment by simonkit posted on TAMRON 70-300/4-5.6 DI LD for &75 from SRS! at 20/06/2009 - 22:11

Just to get back to my OP a little :

Does the GX20 use the same batteries as the GX10, I have 2 original spares so it's something to factor in costs when considering my upgrade route..

Also SRSMicrosystems have offered £175 P/EX on my GX10 body against a K20D body which sounds o.k to me

thanks

simon

Comment by simonkit posted on GX20 vs K20D useability? at 20/06/2009 - 10:36

Cloudhunter wrote:
No. I wont deal with Jacobs again. The second one i has marks all over it. ripped plastic wrapping, no battery and 1200 shutter clicks. Cheap they are yes but its illegal to sell used goods as new.

Matt

That doesn't sound good, a few people seem to have received genuine new models reading the forum, maybe demand was so much that they were tempted to try & clear a few returns too ??

As you mentioned before there's definitely none left, I phoned several stores to check yesterday with no luck

Simon

Comment by simonkit posted on GX20 vs K20D useability? at 19/06/2009 - 09:56

Thanks to all who replied etc..this is now sold

Simon

Comment by simonkit posted on Sigma 10-20 + Hoya Pro 1 D Polariser at 18/06/2009 - 19:23

Having now decided that the K20D/GX20 will be my upgrade route from my current GX10 (after much deliberation over the K7) I'm considering which model to buy as pricing seems much closer than on the previous GX10/K10D.

I do quite like the menu system/general useability of my GX10 and wondered if anyone had compared this aspect of the GX20 vs Pentax K20D or indeed owns both & would maybe state a preference

thanks

Simon

Comment by simonkit posted on GX20 vs K20D useability? at 18/06/2009 - 16:00

Just to let everyone know that this is also listed on one other photography forum

Simon

Comment by simonkit posted on Sigma 10-20 + Hoya Pro 1 D Polariser at 17/06/2009 - 22:55

simonkit wrote:
Thanks for the comments guys, the difference in green is due to the cloud cover so a little out of my hands...I was hoping for some nice clear sky during the week to catch a few sunset shots but it wasn't to be, having said that the clouds remained well above the summits and rain was limited to a couple of showers - a pretty good week in the Lake District really !!

Shim...as I'm not a "born & bred Welshman" you've gotten away with your comment, I might just have to tell my Welsh friends though

simon

Comment by simonkit posted on More views from the Lakeland mountains at 17/06/2009 - 17:26

Thanks for the comments guys, the difference in green is due to the cloud cover so a little out of my hands...I was hoping for some nice clear sky during the week to catch a few sunset shots but it wasn't to be, having said that the clouds remained well above the summits and rain was limited to a couple of showers - a pretty good week in the Lake District really !!

simon

Comment by simonkit posted on More views from the Lakeland mountains at 17/06/2009 - 17:24

I contacted Jacobs to see if any of the £299 GX20s are left, all sold & they're not stocking any in the future

think I might wait a short while to see what happens with prices

simon

Comment by simonkit posted on Made my mind up - K20D it is !! at 17/06/2009 - 12:15

After my initial "excitement" at the K7 announcement I've now had chance to think things through & whilst the features on the new model are very interesting I've come to the conclusion that for my own use most of them won't get used. The extra MP & better noise control of the K20D are definitely useful, now I need to decide if the prices will drop a little further after the introduction of the K7, is the recent sell-off at Jacobs a sign of things to come ???

simon

Comment by simonkit posted on Made my mind up - K20D it is !! at 16/06/2009 - 22:56

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