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Comment by smc posted on Internal battery at 29/01/2025 - 16:16
Love the landscapes.
Comment by smc posted on Browsing the past at 22/01/2025 - 22:04
It could be a clearing of the decks for another model. Hopefully, an announcement soon.
Comment by smc posted on Pentax K-3 III discontinued? at 22/01/2025 - 17:48
the 20mm is tempting but I have splurged on too many lenses and other things this month.
Comment by smc posted on FS: A 20mm and M 120mm lenses at 22/01/2025 - 17:48
I would suggest a blower brush to clear any large particles/dust and then either a disposable lens cleaner (Zeiss seem to be the best of the ones I have used) or a spray cleaner and microfibre cloth, in which case spray onto the cloth and then clean the glass. I have had one or two filters with what seems to be crazing in the coating internally. I think these are two piece of glass in one frame and the two glass pieces have become separated. Seems to happen with Nikon filters, not Hoya or Pentax in my experience.
Comment by smc posted on Filter cleaning at 22/01/2025 - 17:46
Michael
Thank you for this. It prompted me to look a little more and I found that. Glass cover for the GRIII fits well on the Q screen. It fits onto the plastic surround of the screen and leaves a gap to the screen, which is not ideal but I think better than plastic film, which invariably leaves bubbles when I try to fit it.
Thank you for this. It prompted me to look a little more and I found that. Glass cover for the GRIII fits well on the Q screen. It fits onto the plastic surround of the screen and leaves a gap to the screen, which is not ideal but I think better than plastic film, which invariably leaves bubbles when I try to fit it.
Comment by smc posted on Pentax Q screen cover at 22/01/2025 - 08:06
In my online search, I noticed I asked the same question on the forum 13 years ago!
Comment by smc posted on Pentax Q screen cover at 14/01/2025 - 08:10
Does anyone have an unused glass screen cover for the Pentax Q or link to something. Everything I search online comes up with plastic film. Many thanks.
Comment by smc posted on Pentax Q screen cover at 14/01/2025 - 08:06
It look very good. Nice job.
Comment by smc posted on Barn not Snowy by gshoel - reprocessed in Topaz at 09/01/2025 - 22:51
Harris, I have a rangefinder camera that is surplus - a 38/1.8 Computor (Konica S3 clone). Yours if you want it.
Comment by smc posted on WTB: Broken cameras and lenses at 23/12/2024 - 10:51
The Pentax cameras have a soldered chargeable battery (i.e. accumulator), this is used to keep the data when changing the accumulator. unfortunately in the user manuals you are advised to store your camera without inserted accumulator, this leads to deep power states in soldered battery, if this happens frequently it damages the soldered battery like any other rechargeable battery, deep power states are deadly for rechargeable cells, and they are hardly to revive. So the advise is to use your camera reguarly (at least every few weeks/months) store it with an loaded main battery, and check the state from time to time and recharge the main battery (its no problem to have the main battery out of cam for the charging time, if this allready leads to a problem the internal cell is done, and you have to set date and time and settings everytime you chang the main battery). Use the internal battery as it is intended, keeping the data while you took out the main battery for charging)