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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 02-01-2014, 12:27 PM  
Pentax service in Finland
Posted By christiansen
Replies: 44
Views: 6,427
Perhaps the raw numbers of selled Pentax gear is disappointing for the Scandinavian region; thus, using only one service location for 3 neighbouring /relative nations makes sense. For those affected, this is by no means consolation. But on another track, it seems Ricoh is moving /changing /adjusting operations throughout the world, which can only mean good things for the Pentax worldwide customer.
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 10-07-2013, 12:39 PM  
PENTAX K-3 is out
Posted By christiansen
Replies: 167
Views: 35,948
Who wants my kidney ? I love the cached google specifications of the new K3.

LE - sheeshhkebab - .... check post no. 102 in this thread & the truth shall set you free!!
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 05-10-2013, 08:33 AM  
The Rumors Were True - K-5 II, K-5IIs, Q10, 560mm, 18-270mm, and more!
Posted By christiansen
Replies: 163
Views: 39,804
You know you're replying to a 4 month old thread, are u?
Forum: General Talk 03-21-2013, 01:45 PM  
Single Malt Whisky - more productive than talking about the "K-3"
Posted By christiansen
Replies: 148
Views: 10,645
I've read this thread & the one that started it (K3 never appearing). All i can say is wow with huge capital size. I'm such an ignorant! Besides dslr's, i don't know much about whisky either! To have an idea of my surroundings, what one can buy from shops are a variety of Chivas Regal (even 15yo), J&B,Teacher's. I've drunk a Jura 10yo, but the honey flavour didn't won me. Now i'm enjoying a Jim Bean bourbon & it's ok, but i won't buy it again. I've also tried vodka's, but since there's no dedicated thread, i'll refrain from more details.
Keep on writing dear sirs / ladies, this thread is bookmarked & i'll definitely check it out before doing a serious purchase!
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 03-19-2013, 06:10 AM  
Pentax at WPPI in Las Vegas
Posted By christiansen
Replies: 34
Views: 7,233
You're an aussie. Why do think what you had said applies to USofA?
Second, how would you know if those women are charming & energetic ? Test them one-handed, one-by-one? Why women & not hansom black men ?
Third: since when the american market is the most important of all for a japanese producer ? All electronics sold in the States have the lowest cost in the world, so the profit for them isn't that huge, right ?
The rising markets are in the SE Asia. There should go all their attention - India, China, Indonesia.
Forum: General Talk 03-15-2013, 10:20 AM  
Show us your watch(es)
Posted By christiansen
Replies: 257
Views: 45,118
I have a Terra 130.2 from Golana. It's ok, i'm not overjoyed with it. One thing i miss is that the date is not luminescent. (not that i know a watch that has it so).
Now i'm eyeing a Sector Sharkmaster or a Hamilton Khaki Aviation Pilot 46mm.
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 03-15-2013, 10:10 AM  
New DSLRs from Pentax
Posted By christiansen
Replies: 385
Views: 66,674
Or you may translate it to April's poison.
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 03-14-2013, 08:34 AM  
K-3 speculation
Posted By christiansen
Replies: 2,801
Views: 461,260
I simply want K3 to appear in order to buy K5-2 at a better bargain. If it's FF, then i'll pass. If it's the holy of hollies in APS-C terms, then i'll steal the necessary money to buy it / or donate a kidney - depends which is more lucrative.:p
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 03-13-2013, 10:00 AM  
K-3 speculation
Posted By christiansen
Replies: 2,801
Views: 461,260
Or next month after that - it's well known that April is THE month when new technologies are presented to public. I couldn't grasp why that happens.
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 03-13-2013, 09:54 AM  
New DSLRs from Pentax
Posted By christiansen
Replies: 385
Views: 66,674
So the first of April will bring a new DSLR from Pentax ? Or 22 March will be that day ?
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 03-03-2013, 06:16 AM  
New Pentax cameras 2013
Posted By christiansen
Replies: 1,305
Views: 230,692
Near the 1st of April or near May ?
Tempus fugit. I want a dslr & i'm willing to stay w/o one until mid-May, but no longer. That is because i've heard a good camera makes a good photographer. :cool:
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 02-24-2013, 11:55 AM  
K-3 speculation
Posted By christiansen
Replies: 2,801
Views: 461,260
I simply expect K3 to be fault-free as current Pentax gear - since QC issues seem to be the norm these days. Otherwise, bring on the pain & suffering!
Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion 02-24-2013, 11:44 AM  
Which Pentax bodies are WR?
Posted By christiansen
Replies: 10
Views: 1,520
Many thx for your post. I've bookmarked it.:)
Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion 02-24-2013, 10:54 AM  
Which Pentax bodies are WR?
Posted By christiansen
Replies: 10
Views: 1,520
Besides the 3 zooms (18-135, 18-55, 50-200), what other lenses are WR ? All AL Limited ? And from 3rd party manufacturers are there any WR options?
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 02-07-2013, 02:58 PM  
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4 DC Macro HSM
Posted By christiansen
Replies: 21
Views: 7,116
Come on with the updated news!
As a side note, there is no other WR lens from 3rd party?
Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II 11-02-2012, 03:57 AM  
K-5 ii sensor vs K-5 Sensor
Posted By christiansen
Replies: 3
Views: 1,914
Pentax can confirm this.
Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II 11-01-2012, 04:49 AM  
Sticky: Pentax K-5 II / IIs Review Posted!
Posted By christiansen
Replies: 100
Views: 135,849
Dear Adam, i greatly enjoyed your K-30 review. This one is more like a presentation of a product. Skipping this aspect, pls note there are a few spelling errors in the review (i don't bash your hard work, i simply had had higher expectations from this review):
- in background, it should be written approach. As a couple of users said, the same battery from K-5 is NOT compatibile with K-5 ii. Have you checked it for yourself ? (if i'm not mistaking, on dpreview forums was this info).
- in general use, you state that the shutter is rated for 100,00 actuations, a tenth of what should be. Otherwise, 10,000 actuations is very low for a DSLR camera.
- in test charts, it should be written apertures.
As a non-user of a DSLR & a wannabe, who i have only heard of Nikon in this world of inter-changeable lens, i find the K5-ii to be very appealing, since i will use it for pictures. For videos, are video cameras which can record Full HD for longer periods of time than 20-30min, the actual limit on current DSLRs. As for weather resistant, i guess is NOT such a big hype to tout - the possibilities of shooting outdoors & get caught in the rain are quite small. Besides the fact that when it rains one can get only rain drops in bokeh style pictures - i guess. This, added with the fact that the impervious body is not at all well protected when one uses a non-WR glass on it, means this feature is mostly for marketing purposes. If one reads the web, one gets tales of Nikon DSLRs used at -10Celsius or in mild rain, so this is not the discovery of the wheel. I would also note that the in-body shake reduction system is not the next best thing, as what other users say. (same forum mentioned earlier, i suppose). Perhaps the approach of having the compensation system in the lens instead of the body has its advantages. This is a company decision which probably won't change ever, but it doesn't mean it should be used as a heavy marketing tool. Perhaps the competition takes good technical decisions also, besides having a good PR machine. My 0.02$.
In summary, instead of Nikon D7000 which pours oil into the sensor +35mm f1.8, one can buy a K30 + 18.105WR lens or K5-II +18.55WR lens. At least this latter two options are not prone to same problems.
Also you can add to your battery of tests one that should includ a dark, cold room -something resoning to a cave, that is.
As for me, i wish you would have tested the K5-II also against K-30, a product released this year. I understand the need of comparation with K-5 in order to sort things out for current Pentax users, but in the same time you should have thought at prospect buyers, and at an even rare kind, a Pentax future buyer. As is now the case, from what i've read here in there, K-5 II is a better option than K-30, but the latter comes in blue, which takes great shots, since the person in front of the camera is mesmerized.
As for the rest of unsatisfied with what Pentax added to this body, and since you -plural- are connasseurs, you're the next step after the pixel-peeper kind, you're the technology-peeper. It's good to have you around, but pls don't be too vocal. Pentax as an entity knows it's way & although is not sharing its vision with us than in the form of finite products, the company will continue to exist until it doesn't, if you get my drift. Pentax has an advantage of being the underdog - this gives the company the opportunity to act as it pleases, since it won't catch the first two players per volume of units sold, thus not competing only for the sake of competition; or putting it in other words, to release on an annual base new products just to have a busy product line, where one cannot distinguish one product from the other & the company itself would be having difficulties in promoting the right message to the customer. Pentax approach (sic!) has the user in the center of the universe, instead of profit. At least this is how i see things.
I would end this writing saying i disagree with your conclusion, that a 2-year old K5 is better than the new K5-ii. Only from the technological point of view, if product X is created now & product Y was created 2 years ago, plus X is slightly better than Y but in no case worst, then X should be the obvious choice, recte K5-ii. Since you would benefit also from the additional warranty, for example, which in the case of K5 is gone - just saying.
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