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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
07-16-2021, 01:15 PM
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
07-16-2021, 12:04 PM
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Yeah, true - trying to get out somewhere this weekend with camera, since it's actually summer here (a rare sight!).
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
07-10-2021, 02:24 PM
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Cheers, really nice bunch on here. Definitely helping me with motivation, really appreciated.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
07-10-2021, 01:57 AM
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Thanks for the encouragement, it's much appreciated.
I really do want to go back to Skye as I think there's so much more to image including different takes on those mountains, but those midgies, I was eaten alive...
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
07-09-2021, 03:15 PM
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The Black Cullins.
As seen from Elgol on Isle of Skye. Was quite overcast with a shaft of sunlight hitting the otherwise very black mountain, hence the name.
I've struggled for inspiration, not picking up the camera in 3 years. Bought a K70 to get into astrophotography and hopefully kickstart some motivation again. Thought I'd share one of the few images I've made that don't make me sick when I look back at them. :lol:
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
07-09-2021, 02:53 PM
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Love this, so much to read in your subject's face.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
07-08-2021, 01:03 PM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
06-27-2021, 04:01 AM
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Forum: Pentax K-70 & KF
06-02-2021, 06:08 AM
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Yeah apols, forgot to update.
When I contacted Jessops by email, they said they were "sorry to hear about that" (ie the non-apology) and offered: "I can either offer a return for a refund or an exchange for a new one".
I politely suggested, in reply, that they might wish to consider an open box incentive to save the hassle of returning the body for exchange and didn't get a reply. Then had to prompt them 2 days later for a response - to which they said: "this isn't something we would be able to offer I'm afraid".
I kept it in the end as the hassle wasn't worth it, I'd tested the camera to assure myself it was OK.
I think it's fair to say I won't use them again - a token incentive on their part might not have cost them much more than the courier fee to send out another body (and I'd have insisted on a pre-paid return so that cost as well) - and would have garnered them some decent brownie points.
Of course, other people's experience with this retailer may vary, but that's my experience, left me feeling like I was the chancer, here.
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Forum: Pentax K-70 & KF
05-17-2021, 08:19 AM
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I've emailed them and got a response of either a refund or exchange. Not sure if they don't routinely sell demo units and instead just sneakily repackage them, or whether they think I'm a chancer.
So, I've said in my reply unless they want to offer an open-box style incentive, if they will replace the body by delivery courier who can pick up the return at the same time as delivery. Even that level of trust might be beyond them, but we will see.
Cheers for all the help again, friendly forum this. :)
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Forum: Pentax K-70 & KF
05-17-2021, 07:03 AM
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Thanks for all the advice folks, very much appreciated.
This was the data from a test jpg:
Camera PENTAX K-70
Shutter Count 26
Manufacture Date 2021:01:25
Lens M-42 or No Lens
Camera looks pristine but it kinda nags at you a little incase it was a faulty return. A demo unit seems logical, if a bit cheeky of Jessops!
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Forum: Pentax K-70 & KF
05-17-2021, 04:45 AM
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Ordered a K70 on Friday which arrived today.
Think its a return:
- No seal on the box
- manual and cd etc not under the first flap but plonked on top of the next layer
- slight tell-tale marks on the mount suggestive of a lens being attached
- fingerprints on the lcd screen
- no protective coating on lcd screen
- viewfinder diopter way out of focus
- shutter actuations 26 (I've taken 8 shots to test).
Wanted to double-check with anyone who has bought a K70 that I wasn't off base before I contact Jessops for a replacement.It should have a seal on the box (like the lens that came with it) and a protector on the lcd screen?
The camera seems to be operating OK but I can't say that it wasn't returned due to a fault or was even a demo unit.
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