Hi all from edinburgh

Hi everyone,


Was looking for a first DSLR for mountaineering and landscape photos and intially going to stick to Canon or maybe Nikon but found a virtually brand new K-m with twin lens and lowe pro bag on ebay for a bargain so i'm giving Pentax a go! Have heard a lot of good things about them as well.
K-m seems good but boy does it eat batteries!!! I'm guessing i'm missing a trick with that by just sing Engergisers??

John

Hullo and welcome to the Forum!

Don't have a K-m myself, but I understand a firmware update helped reduce it's appetite for batteries.

Make sure you have the latest firmware.

Also, check out some of the K-m related threads on this Forum. There has been some discussion about the K-m and best choice of batteries.

Hi and Welcome to the forum. Sorry I don't have a K-m so can't help with the battery problem

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Regards
Barrie
K20D K200D DA*300 A50/2.0 A50/1.7 FA50/1.4 FA135/2.8 FA35 DA70/2.4 DA18-55 DA17-70 DA55-300 DA*50-135 Samsung 12-24
Tamron 28-300XRDi 70-200/2.8 Sigma Macro 50,105,180 170-500 400/5.6MF 24/2.8

Right oh, what is firmware?

Thanks

Firmware is an upgrade to the software that's on your dslr. It's free from Pentax. Have a look at http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k-m_s.html

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I've got a K20D but I gather a lot of users of AA-charged Pentax DSLRs swear by Sanyo Eneloop rechargeable batteries.

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Hi and welcome to the forum!

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Pentax K10D, *istDS
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Takumar-A 28-80mm, Sigma 170-500mm, Soligor Teleconverter x2

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Hi, welcome to the Forum.

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Tom

K20D
Pentax 18-55mm, Pentax DFA 100mm Macro, Pentax DA* 60-250mm,
Pentax DA* 300mm, Pentax FA* 600mm.

Hello and welcome. Hope you enjoy your time here. You do well to choose Pentax: it'll give you lots of pleasure.

Odd about the battery usage. I've a K100D and a freshly charged set of AAs lasts for literally hundreds of exposures. Then when it says it's exhasted I get another fifty!

Best wishes,

Andrew

P.S. It wouod be great to see some gritty monochrome shots of those famous Edinburgh streets.

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Best wishes,

Andrew

"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams

Hi and welcome to the forum, I agree with Andrew it would be nice to see Edinburgh both in colour & monochrome

Regards

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Colin

"Beginner, developing skills" with a lot of help

hi and welcome... i second the suggestion for Sanyo Eneloops. use them in the k200 and k100 and they last for ages

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Pentax k100d, k200d 18-55, Tamron 70-300, Tamron 500 mirror, pentax 10-17, 50 1:4, a manual 28, some extension tubes and a bagful of memory cards. That's all i need

Hi and welcome to the forum, congratulations on your recent purchase it's a fine little camera

My daughter uses rechargeable Sanyo Eneloops with her K-m as I do with my Pentax flash. Currently the best rechargeables I understand

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It's the image that matters

Hi John and welcome....I am a K-m owner....so I have to ask....what do you call "eating up batteries"...how many pictures can you snap before replacements?

I love my K-m....and I am continuely learning ticks of the trade with it.

Take a look at my portfolio....as you will see, it keeps up with the "big guns" quite well. I must confess I do seem to be having a itch for more lenses....and maybe another camera.....The itch could be a disease too!!!

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All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made. John 1:3 (Bible)
I ponder this as I take pictures of this great creation in live in

Hello and welcome!

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Tim
AF - K20D, Sigma 10-20/4-5.6, Tamron 17-50/2.8, Sigma 28-105/2.8-4, Sigma 70-200/2.8, Tamron 70-300/4-5.6
MF - Vivitar CF 28/2.8, Pentax-K 50/1.2, Pentax-A 50/1.7, S-M-C Takumar 85/1.8, Tamron AD2 90/2.5, Pentax-M 135/3.5, MTO 1000/11
Stuff - Samsung SEF36, Cactus v4, Nikon SB24, Raynox 150, Sigma 1.4x TC, Sigma 2x TC, Kenko 2x macro TC, Redsnapper 283 tripod
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Well, got the camera last sat, put brand new Engergisers (they just happen to be in the house) in on sun morn, took a few pics (20ish) throu the week, went climbing on sat past and took about 75 pics, flick throu them on the camera sat night and on sun morn it was dead. I was expecting to get more out of a set of energsers but the camera was in the cold (0/-2 ish) most of sat.
I got rechargables with it so i'll be trying them shortly.

As for monochrome edinburgh shots watch this space, i've got a couple of friends who are quite serious photographers who are going to try me a bit. All 3 happen to be Nikon users.