Kiwi Pentaxians

**zkarj** · 05-20-2009, 01:39 AM

Originally posted by Arpe

Do you know of anything simple to use to creat a slideshow that just points to a folder, making it easy to change said slideshow by adding or deleting photos from said folder? Or similar?

Thanks for your time.

First of all, my site uses #ccc as the main text colour. In this case all the style is actually embedded in the page (seeing as it is only a single page) so you can view the styles within the HTML by using "View source" from your browser. Firefox shortcut is Ctrl-U. You've got some blues up the top so if you wanted to cool the colour a little, go for #ccd or maybe #cce.

Templates? Templates! Hell yeah! I think I have done a couple of designs I started from scratch but it's hard work. These days I look for a template that has the right basic structure and then start hitting colours and other details. It's the sane way to go.

You're doing well to get 2Gb of traffic from <50Mb of content!

Regarding the sub-gallery thing - consider just "sub-naming". So instead of creating a gallery "X" which contains galleries "A" and "B", create just two galleries "X - A" and "X - B" or similar. They'll still sort in the right order and I think it would simplify that initial gallery page nicely. Just an idea.

Regarding a slideshow, I've never really been into it, so haven't tried anything, but did find this page after a bit of searching. Looks like it has a number of possible solutions and the site they're on is well presented.

Arpe · 05-20-2009, 06:05 PM

Cheers. I'll check all that out.

Class A · 05-20-2009, 09:09 PM

The DPR preview about the new K-7 is quite mouthwatering.

cpopham · 05-20-2009, 09:23 PM

Originally posted by Class A

The DPR preview about the new K-7 is quite mouthwatering.

Hell yes. Gadget lust is taking serious hold. And the aussie prices are looking VERY reasonable - never before have I wanted so badly for CRK to take over from IRL...

Class A · 05-20-2009, 10:13 PM

Originally posted by cpopham

Gadget lust is taking serious hold.

Tell me all about it...

Just watched the PENTAX K-7 Introduction video on youtube.

Arpe · 05-21-2009, 02:04 AM

Originally posted by Class A

Tell me all about it...

Just watched the PENTAX K-7 Introduction video on youtube.

If I was you I'd buy a second-hand K20D from someone living near Wellington that you have met once

Class A · 05-21-2009, 02:59 AM

Originally posted by Arpe

If I was you I'd buy a second-hand K20D from someone living near Wellington that you have met once

Sounds like an great plan to me.

My advice for you: Get the K-7 and fire away at Rugby games with the new 5.2 fps. And you can even throw in some movie clips for good measure.

cpopham · 05-21-2009, 01:10 PM

Originally posted by Arpe

If I was you I'd buy a second-hand K20D from someone living near Wellington that you have met once

Originally posted by Class A

Sounds like an great plan to me.

My advice for you: Get the K-7 and fire away at Rugby games with the new 5.2 fps. And you can even throw in some movie clips for good measure.

Haha so I see I'm not the only person making plans...

Transit · 05-21-2009, 02:43 PM

Originally posted by cpopham

Hell yes. Gadget lust is taking serious hold. And the aussie prices are looking VERY reasonable - never before have I wanted so badly for CRK to take over from IRL...

is it time to start our CRK / IRL takeover thrust !!!?
Mr K is all ears in the other place

I cheer on our exchange rate every morning

Arpe · 05-21-2009, 05:06 PM

Originally posted by Transit

is it time to start our CRK / IRL takeover thrust !!!?
Mr K is all ears in the other place

I cheer on our exchange rate every morning

Me too. My family is sick of hearing how I bought lenses from B&H when our dollar was at 0.81 US!

cpopham · 05-21-2009, 05:27 PM

Originally posted by Transit

is it time to start our CRK / IRL takeover thrust !!!?
Mr K is all ears in the other place

Oh, really... did you say something? (I'm too lazy to trawl through that horrible forum layout) - I had noticed some of his postings though...

It just seems somewhat natural to me - they're already the Sigma distributor here, so obviously they're already set up, already have dealer connections. I was in Auckland camera centre the other day picking up a 49mm circular polariser (hint), and was chatting to the owner about IRL, he said they're just as crazy as always with pricing. I mean, they're trying to sell the K20 kit for the same price as a D300 body..... that's not just our crappy dollar at work, that's something else. Maybe their orders are so small they get terrible wholesale prices, who knows?

Hell, I don't even care if they end up having to send stuff to oz for service. I'd rather stuff was fixed properly, and if it takes an extra week, it takes an extra week.

Transit · 05-21-2009, 05:49 PM

Originally posted by cpopham

Oh, really... did you say something? (I'm too lazy to trawl through that horrible forum layout) - I had noticed some of his postings though...

started a thread about buying the DA40 from Oz and various other malcontent's weighed in.
Mr K started addressing me directly as i had wondered about a warranty.
Said he would sort out an international warranty if I wanted one. DA arrived without one, emailed them and one turned up in the post.
He notably offers to match price of grey market prices in Oz for forum members

Originally posted by cpopham

It just seems somewhat natural to me - they're already the Sigma distributor here, so obviously they're already set up, already have dealer connections. I was in Auckland camera centre the other day picking up a 49mm circular polariser (hint), and was chatting to the owner about IRL, he said they're just as crazy as always with pricing. I mean, they're trying to sell the K20 kit for the same price as a D300 body..... that's not just our crappy dollar at work, that's something else. Maybe their orders are so small they get terrible wholesale prices, who knows?

Hell, I don't even care if they end up having to send stuff to oz for service. I'd rather stuff was fixed properly, and if it takes an extra week, it takes an extra week.

Can only be higher wholesale price to them or stupid greed

schmik · 05-21-2009, 05:56 PM

Some members in Oz are going for group buy.
https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/60923-pricing-us-austr...tax-users.html

Maybe NZ'ers can join in.

mike

Arpe · 05-21-2009, 05:56 PM

CRK also import Pentax Surveying and Medical equipment here, though I think all 3 branches are entirley separate.

cpopham · 05-21-2009, 08:15 PM

Originally posted by Transit

started a thread about buying the DA40 from Oz and various other malcontent's weighed in.
Mr K started addressing me directly as i had wondered about a warranty.
Said he would sort out an international warranty if I wanted one. DA arrived without one, emailed them and one turned up in the post.
He notably offers to match price of grey market prices in Oz for forum members

Yes, I've seen that - I followed that thread during one of my lurking threads on 'that' forum.

I wonder whether it's worth one or more of us writing a letter to CRK explaining that we feel we're badly served by the local distributor, but notice their NZ business has pretty decent service and prices as a Sigma distributor....

05-20-2009, 09:09 PM	#648
Class A Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 11,251 Original Poster	K-7 is here The DPR preview about the new K-7 is quite mouthwatering.

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05-20-2009, 01:39 AM	#646
zkarj Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wellington Posts: 1,290	Originally posted by Arpe Do you know of anything simple to use to creat a slideshow that just points to a folder, making it easy to change said slideshow by adding or deleting photos from said folder? Or similar? Thanks for your time. First of all, my site uses #ccc as the main text colour. In this case all the style is actually embedded in the page (seeing as it is only a single page) so you can view the styles within the HTML by using "View source" from your browser. Firefox shortcut is Ctrl-U. You've got some blues up the top so if you wanted to cool the colour a little, go for #ccd or maybe #cce. Templates? Templates! Hell yeah! I think I have done a couple of designs I started from scratch but it's hard work. These days I look for a template that has the right basic structure and then start hitting colours and other details. It's the sane way to go. You're doing well to get 2Gb of traffic from <50Mb of content! Regarding the sub-gallery thing - consider just "sub-naming". So instead of creating a gallery "X" which contains galleries "A" and "B", create just two galleries "X - A" and "X - B" or similar. They'll still sort in the right order and I think it would simplify that initial gallery page nicely. Just an idea. Regarding a slideshow, I've never really been into it, so haven't tried anything, but did find this page after a bit of searching. Looks like it has a number of possible solutions and the site they're on is well presented.

05-20-2009, 06:05 PM	#647
Arpe Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,452	Cheers. I'll check all that out.

05-20-2009, 09:23 PM	#649
cpopham Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Auckland Posts: 553	Originally posted by Class A The DPR preview about the new K-7 is quite mouthwatering. Hell yes. Gadget lust is taking serious hold. And the aussie prices are looking VERY reasonable - never before have I wanted so badly for CRK to take over from IRL...

05-20-2009, 10:13 PM	#650
Class A Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 11,251 Original Poster	Originally posted by cpopham Gadget lust is taking serious hold. Tell me all about it... Just watched the PENTAX K-7 Introduction video on youtube.

05-21-2009, 02:04 AM	#651
Arpe Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,452	Originally posted by Class A Tell me all about it... Just watched the PENTAX K-7 Introduction video on youtube. If I was you I'd buy a second-hand K20D from someone living near Wellington that you have met once

05-21-2009, 02:59 AM	#652
Class A Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 11,251 Original Poster	Originally posted by Arpe If I was you I'd buy a second-hand K20D from someone living near Wellington that you have met once Sounds like an great plan to me. My advice for you: Get the K-7 and fire away at Rugby games with the new 5.2 fps. And you can even throw in some movie clips for good measure.

05-21-2009, 01:10 PM	#653
cpopham Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Auckland Posts: 553	Originally posted by Arpe If I was you I'd buy a second-hand K20D from someone living near Wellington that you have met once Originally posted by Class A Sounds like an great plan to me. My advice for you: Get the K-7 and fire away at Rugby games with the new 5.2 fps. And you can even throw in some movie clips for good measure. Haha so I see I'm not the only person making plans...

05-21-2009, 02:43 PM	#654
Transit Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Whanganui NZ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,624	Originally posted by cpopham Hell yes. Gadget lust is taking serious hold. And the aussie prices are looking VERY reasonable - never before have I wanted so badly for CRK to take over from IRL... is it time to start our CRK / IRL takeover thrust !!!? Mr K is all ears in the other place I cheer on our exchange rate every morning

05-21-2009, 05:06 PM	#655
Arpe Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,452	Originally posted by Transit is it time to start our CRK / IRL takeover thrust !!!? Mr K is all ears in the other place I cheer on our exchange rate every morning Me too. My family is sick of hearing how I bought lenses from B&H when our dollar was at 0.81 US!

05-21-2009, 05:27 PM	#656
cpopham Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Auckland Posts: 553	Originally posted by Transit is it time to start our CRK / IRL takeover thrust !!!? Mr K is all ears in the other place Oh, really... did you say something? (I'm too lazy to trawl through that horrible forum layout) - I had noticed some of his postings though... It just seems somewhat natural to me - they're already the Sigma distributor here, so obviously they're already set up, already have dealer connections. I was in Auckland camera centre the other day picking up a 49mm circular polariser (hint), and was chatting to the owner about IRL, he said they're just as crazy as always with pricing. I mean, they're trying to sell the K20 kit for the same price as a D300 body..... that's not just our crappy dollar at work, that's something else. Maybe their orders are so small they get terrible wholesale prices, who knows? Hell, I don't even care if they end up having to send stuff to oz for service. I'd rather stuff was fixed properly, and if it takes an extra week, it takes an extra week.

05-21-2009, 05:49 PM	#657
Transit Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Whanganui NZ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,624	Originally posted by cpopham Oh, really... did you say something? (I'm too lazy to trawl through that horrible forum layout) - I had noticed some of his postings though... started a thread about buying the DA40 from Oz and various other malcontent's weighed in. Mr K started addressing me directly as i had wondered about a warranty. Said he would sort out an international warranty if I wanted one. DA arrived without one, emailed them and one turned up in the post. He notably offers to match price of grey market prices in Oz for forum members Originally posted by cpopham It just seems somewhat natural to me - they're already the Sigma distributor here, so obviously they're already set up, already have dealer connections. I was in Auckland camera centre the other day picking up a 49mm circular polariser (hint), and was chatting to the owner about IRL, he said they're just as crazy as always with pricing. I mean, they're trying to sell the K20 kit for the same price as a D300 body..... that's not just our crappy dollar at work, that's something else. Maybe their orders are so small they get terrible wholesale prices, who knows? Hell, I don't even care if they end up having to send stuff to oz for service. I'd rather stuff was fixed properly, and if it takes an extra week, it takes an extra week. Can only be higher wholesale price to them or stupid greed

05-21-2009, 05:56 PM	#658
schmik Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sydney Aus Photos: Gallery Posts: 527	Some members in Oz are going for group buy. https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/60923-pricing-us-austr...tax-users.html Maybe NZ'ers can join in. mike

05-21-2009, 05:56 PM	#659
Arpe Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,452	CRK also import Pentax Surveying and Medical equipment here, though I think all 3 branches are entirley separate.

05-21-2009, 08:15 PM	#660
cpopham Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Auckland Posts: 553	Originally posted by Transit started a thread about buying the DA40 from Oz and various other malcontent's weighed in. Mr K started addressing me directly as i had wondered about a warranty. Said he would sort out an international warranty if I wanted one. DA arrived without one, emailed them and one turned up in the post. He notably offers to match price of grey market prices in Oz for forum members Yes, I've seen that - I followed that thread during one of my lurking threads on 'that' forum. I wonder whether it's worth one or more of us writing a letter to CRK explaining that we feel we're badly served by the local distributor, but notice their NZ business has pretty decent service and prices as a Sigma distributor....