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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-15-2011, 09:28 PM
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Hello all,i am in trouble with the e-dial of my pentax k-x, 5 months old.it has been fantastic so far.recently i have a problem.whenever i try to change the value of shutter speed/aperture/sensitivity/EV, it skips the steps.for example when i am trying to change the AV value from 4.5 to 5,it is jumping to 8,10 or higer etc.!then when i try to dial down,it further goes up!the same is happening with the zooming in and out in the playback mode.from x1.8 it is jumping directly to x14, x16 etc. when i rotate the dial one step. I have limited internet access and not able to update and learn from the forum regularly.any prompt suggestions/ideas can really help me.thank you.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
11-08-2010, 12:57 AM
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i totally agree with you. i am not a professional photographer,i like photography just for the joy of it and i do at my leisure.so when i buy a dslr,this might be the only dslr i will ever buy.making the right choice is very important.i definitely want best bang for the buck.after a long battle of thoughts for 2 months between k-x and k-r,i narrowed down to k-x just because i got a good deal(body+18-55+55-300=678.9 USD)on amazon and i was convinced by then that for me k-r is not as worth those extra bucks as my near-future desire for an extra lens.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
11-08-2010, 12:17 AM
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thank you very much for your responses.i already have a good feeling of pentax fraternity.as i am still very infant, i may post some stupid questions here.please bear with that and educate me.or ask me to get out of here:)some of you have suggested to gear up for the future,could i please ask how should play with my k-x very basics to start? may be just stick to the kit 18-55mm? i have absolutely no idea in which situations i can even use my 55-300mm lens; when you mentioned M42,i had to google it to find out the beauty of that.so this is where i stand.besides i simply cannot afford any more lens at this point.not in one year from now.
there are probably many beginner's guide including the manufacturer's version.but i would assume in this forum there are people who have excelled with their k-x and in a better position to give some handy tips.the weather resistance thing again confuses me a bit.i am expecting to travel all of northeast india this winter with my k-x and would probably experience snow in sikkim and arunachal pradesh.is there any temperature and moisture threats to the gears?if yes,any protection measures?Landscapes at full daylight condition is most likely situation.Look at your old pictures, remember your time unboxing your gear, and growing with that making you realize at some points 'ok,if i had done that way in the beginning then it would have produced better images'. i understand photography is pure art(with the help of science,of course) that requires a strength of imagination combined with creativity,there is no simulation game here.but i also understand some things are better skilled with just plain experience and exposure.so i ask your inputs based on the latter,since the former is difficult to transfer:). but all is welcome.thanks.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
11-03-2010, 11:00 PM
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just joined this place.because today i have ordered my first ever DSLR and this is Pentax k-x and i am pretty excited about it.A friend is doing me the favour of buying it on amazon.com and carrying it to india.package includes body+ 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL and 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED + a bag(Tamrac 5502 Explorer 2) + 4 AA sanyo eneloop battery/w charger.all costing me 751 US$,at today's exchange rate about little more than 33000 rupees.how is the deal you think? All the people I have talked before ordering this were pretty demotivating, everyone asking me to go for Nikon or Canon.but i guess i was too stubborn and too impressed with pentax and k-x.and took the risk of buying it knowingly getting help to fix any problem when needed.i hope you guys can guide me better than the canon and nikon people if i ask here.thanx.
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