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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-21-2014, 09:00 AM
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Sorry pentaxkid for the late reply.it's been a while since my last visit here..I use a DA 50-135 with one camera and a Tamron 17-50 2.8 with the other one.sometimes also the FA 31 or the DA 70.i bought recently a super- takumar 50 1.4 which I plan using for some "static" shots..
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
06-26-2013, 07:01 AM
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
09-28-2012, 02:14 AM
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this was taken with the 50-135 resting on a rock..
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
04-22-2012, 11:28 AM
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Every day i watch you guys!so today i saw this thread!i thought cool!anyway i was out later exploring the neighborhood and when i saw the stone path behind the roses it just add up!BTW i went to a concert of them back in the 90's!nice alternative music!
Pentax k5 -FA 31 1.8 limited
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-15-2012, 03:44 AM
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TOUGEFC nice one!excellent work!
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-14-2012, 12:16 PM
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@eurostar
bad luck!i feel you!i hope everything ends well!!
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-10-2012, 10:49 AM
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It's funny how this thread started and how it develops :lol: about shoes :) Anyway my damaged k5 is at a repair place for cleaning sensor and get a second opinion.As for the strap issue mentioned before I use the strap because is the best in terms of easiness and speed.What do I mean by that.Well I walk around town and I like to snap a photo when something is happening or it develops that moment in front of me.If i have to take the bag in front, unzip, take out the camera, and shoot well,i have lost it.Also the weight distribution is amazing!I can walk all day without feel tired of carrying it.At the begging I used the Pentax original strap, which first I find it short for my taste, second all the weight goes to the back of my neck.So this is how I made it safer today.The parts I use are climbing equipment and can hold up to 80kg.If the strap's screw fails again the rest will hold the camera.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-09-2012, 09:15 AM
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Ok! Now this is really weird!! I got my gear back from Holland today, along with the new k5 body. So first I started testing my damaged body. Well it's working! The only thing I noticed, is compared to the new one, in start up the "damaged" one makes a more squeaky noise. It takes photos like it use to do..perfect! Now this is confusing!Why they said they had to replace the sensor? Do they see something that the rest of us can't see??Really weird stuff!!When the camera fell I took one photo fast and rushed to the store.That moment I wasn't thinking straight, I admit.I left the body for a "just in case"check up!Now I have two body's.Well not bad because especially for wedding shooting I need a back up.I post some pics tomorrow from both body's.I also have to add that the grip is working perfect too!!!
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-07-2012, 09:12 AM
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I know about Holland.here in Greece we don't have those type of insurance programs.but i can insure my gear, so this is what I am fixing now.I learned my lesson...
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-07-2012, 09:07 AM
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exactly!they said they have to disassemble the whole camera to replace the sensor.so with 70euro labor cost per hour(without taxes!),plus testing and fine tuning,they force you to buy a new one..
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-05-2012, 09:51 PM
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i think that is what i will do!
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-05-2012, 09:34 PM
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that is the way i should have done it from the beginning
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-05-2012, 09:31 PM
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Thanks guys for the replies and your advises!!i decided yesterday night to buy another k5 for 730e new!My girlfriend goes to Holland today and she will buy it and I will have it by Monday.Also I talked to my insurance guy and I will get an offer today.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-05-2012, 10:13 AM
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that makes two of us :hmm:
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-05-2012, 09:57 AM
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no guys no insurance..I had it for three months.I didn't know I could do that.Anyway probably I will buy a new one.Offers now are at 730e(950$).But I don't think I will replace or fix the lens..although i must say the lens is superb!I will miss it!!
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-05-2012, 09:49 AM
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I didn't take photos after the fall.they k5 looked ok.I rushed to the store for the lens and the grip and there I thought "oh well let's send the k5 for a check up just in case".thanks anyway for the advises..
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-05-2012, 08:39 AM
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I didn't say that Pentax is responsible for my damage. I find the costs for the repair a joke and also that my gear has to go around Europe to be fixed. Not by Pentax, but by authorized companies.The costs are so high that you are forced to buy new, as is it cheaper than having it repaired. It's also weird that the sensor can be damaged by a fall from that height.You will say the shock can cause this, like the repair centre said, but how will I be able to use my gear professionally if I have to treat it like a porcelain vase?
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-05-2012, 08:06 AM
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Hello everybody!
i have a rather sad story to tell and the right place to do so, is here at the pentaxforums! Everything starts in november when I decide to follow a photographer's career. So I invested in pentax equipment. A k5, a few lenses and here we go! Last February I was in Holland (my girlfriend is Dutch) and at a point we were passing with the car next to a big park in Amsterdam.I decided to take some pics.The weather was misty, ideal for winter shots. We park, go to the trunk take my k5(with grip), which at that point had the 50-135 on it, put it around my shoulder(I had the sun-sniper pro strap) walk 10 steps and, then I hear the the sound my k5 with the 50-135 made when it hit the asphalt street from 60cm height! I look down I see my k5 on the ground and I freeze! The seconds to bend and pick it up felt like minutes!The camera hit the ground with the grip first, at the corner where the AE-L button is.The 50-135 was opened in 2 places.Not fully open, but the rubber sealing rings where hanging out at 2 points.The sun sniper strap still hanging from my shoulder. I saw that it had somehow unscrewed from the grip.The k5 looked intact. Anyway, I brought it straight to a photo store I knew.I decided to leave the k5 for a check up and the lens with the grip for repair, because I knew that in my country there is no support or service. They also send it abroad (France).The employee said that it had to be sent to Belgium, where a pentax repair center is, and he will have a reply in two weeks(!) about the cost.
Two weeks later I get the costs. 818euro(!)(1063$) for the k5 :lol: 145euro(188$) for the grip and the lens had to be sent to Germany because they are qualified for this. So I would get those costs from Germany. I have to mention here that I payed 880euro(1144$) for the kit(18-55) brand new! Why 818e? Because the sensor had to be replaced!! I decided to request my gear to be returned to me, because that was simply ridiculous. It took two weeks(!) for the stuff to return to the Dutch store. I didn't get the cost for the lens because I was already furious with the whole thing, so i just told them to send it back. I called the Belgian repair centre, which is actually an authorized repair centre called "De Beukelaer" and they informed me: 'yes the sensor needs to be replaced and costs 500e(650$) plus fine tune.The charge per working hour is 70e(91$)without tax'!! They also told me that if one wants to replace everything on a k5, the costs are three times the value of the camera! Also that the lense will be very expensive to be repaired....
So here I am now, thinking what I am going to do. Already 980e(1274$), which I payed for the lens, down the drain.
Shall I sell everything and quit the photo career before I even start? Buy again the k5? Is it worth it, because I'm really disappointed by the pentax support.
And now with the prices increased? Maybe it is worth it to send to Canada where the costs are lower?
I dont know guys...:(
Ps. I will include some photos from the damaged lens next week when I get my hands on it
09/04/12
Ok! Now this is really weird!! I got my gear back from Holland today, along with the new k5 body. So first I started testing my damaged body. Well it's working! The only thing I noticed, is compared to the new one, in start up the "damaged" one makes a more squeaky noise. It takes photos like it use to do..perfect! Now this is confusing!Why they said they had to replace the sensor? Do they see something that the rest of us can't see??Really weird stuff!!When the camera fell I took one photo fast and rushed to the store.That moment I wasn't thinking straight, I admit.I left the body for a "just in case"check up!Now I have two body's.Well not bad because especially for wedding shooting I need a back up.I post some pics tomorrow from both body's.I also have to add that the grip is working perfect too!!!
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
03-10-2012, 02:41 PM
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hey fog sorry for asking but where the repair took place?at a local repair store or was send in belgium?
Dinos
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
12-01-2011, 06:33 AM
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hello pentaxians!.i entered the photography world when i was 18 with a nikon fm2.then later on i bought a canon f60.then a big gap with no shooting.the past 3 years i use a compact camera (lumix tz7)to shoot my life around.it turn up to be a really good machine for what it is and also a window for my friends and my fiance to see that i have the "eye" for it as they say.so after some thinking and "pushing" i purchased a k5 with some lenses and i started to train to enter the hard world of professionally photography.i m interested in event and artistic photography and i also adore street and walkaround.this forum helped me in some of my importand decisions on buying lenses!i want to thank everybody because with their questions,the curiosity and their concerns i covered mine (for now;) )
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