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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
05-29-2008, 05:37 AM
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Everyone here has been great. I love this forum.
I went out and bought a Sandisk Extreme III 8Gb. We don't seem to get the pricing in Oz that you get in USA, but still...
I went to DigitalCameraWarehouse.com.au and they sell them for $117AUD. I'm buying my camera from Ted's in Melbourne, they first quoted me $169 - but they price-match. SO I got it there for $117. That's great, because I'll get the GST(tax) back on it when I travel to England for the wedding.
BTW, I have 4 Kingston 512Mb 60x cards anyways. They will be my secondary source of storage while I am travelling.
I'll get another large card when 32Gb cards are the same price as 8Gb are now, and 8Gb are 20 bucks! (Probably just a few months away...)
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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
05-27-2008, 08:06 AM
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Thanks Ben. I thought that might be the case.
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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
05-27-2008, 07:35 AM
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Hi ftpaddict,
I will be doing nature and portrait mainly, no sports, probably jus tthe occasional continuous shooting. I want to capture RAW @ 14.6mpix, so am concerned about the transfer speed. It's possible that, although not continuous shooting, I want to take shots quickly. I have another digital camera (not dslr) that is a real slug when it comes to getting onto the next photo - all because of slow writing the the SD card. It's better with a 60x card in it.
Cheers,
Graeme.
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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
05-27-2008, 06:51 AM
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Hi all,
I need to know what kind of SD (SDHC) card to get for my new K20D.
I see all sorts of cards and speeds, but need to know what will suit my camera.
For example, you can get Class 2/4/6, or 60x or 133x, or 9/10Mbps or 20Mps... UltraII or ExtremeIII... the list goes on.
The problem is the price for me. An ExtremeIII card (4Mb) is about 10% of the price of the camera body that I haggled hard to get a good price on in the first place!
But lesser speed cards are 2/3 or even 1/2 price or less.
So, the question: Go for the very fastest? Or will a less fast one suffice?
eg. Buy a SanDisk UltraII at 9Mbps write speed for $50/2Gb, or an ExtremeIII 20Mbps for more than double the price?
What is the writing speed of the K20D to the card anyway??
Long question, I know... maybe it's been asked before, but I haven't picked up my camera from layby till next week, and want to buy the right card for the right price.
Cheers,
Graeme.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
05-24-2008, 09:25 AM
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Hi Cupic,
You have almost the same equipment as me, except a K20D, even your slingshot!
Thanks for the welcome.
Graeme.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
05-23-2008, 04:24 AM
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Yes, another Melbournian, but I originally hail from Adelaide, so I'll type slowly...
I am new to Pentax, but an avid amateur photographer for about 30 years. I kinda lost the hobby when I bought my first digiital camera - it was so disappointing I didn't enjoy it any more.
That was 10 years ago. Now my daughter is about to get married so I lashed out and bought myself a K20D with a couple of lenses and a flash (picking it up next week). I'm really looking forward to shooting my daughter's wedding from dad's point-of-view. She's having it professionally shot, and I think I'll probably have enough to do with the wedding itself - but I'll be clicking away through the day!
I'll post some photos of the wedding when I get back (she's getting married in London).
I can really feel a rebirth in my hobby - the specs on the K20D look great, I chose it above the Canon 40D - I think the right decision. I'm also going to get into astro and macro photography too. I have a great telescope to try it on.
Cheers,
Graeme .
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