Pentax User on PDF

If the choice comes to downloading a pdf file or having the printed magazine. I would rather have the printed version. I view the pdf file as an extra that I would be quite happy to pay for.
Jean Andrews

It's the mag for me.
It's worth it and somehow a PDF would just not be the same.

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Bob

PDF will suit some but i prefer the magazine format.

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Richard

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I would LOVE the PDF......

I would much prefer the printed version - a pdf is just not the same...

PentaxDan, if it would be a PDF how would it be then, just the same as the pages from a magazine or more interactive?
Like with links to various sites, topics discussing articles... in the end you might even think of a subscribed website where the main articles can be downloaded as PDF?
I wander if you can get Pentax/Hoya so far to drop in as well, official articles and news would be nice, maybe even polls and things like that and "official" interactive direct help with problems.

Sorry for suggesting some new ideas in this topic, don't want to delude it but just going from magazine format to PDF is a small simple step where the UK based members don't have anything really to gain.

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Stefan

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I love the magazine as it is. It's the only mag I get (and believe me I get a lot, all subjects) which I read cover to cover. It's good to read it on the train from work. I even file them in the official binder.

How's that for loyalty?

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I too prefer the magazine as it is. For me it would be a sad day if we could only use the magazine 'on line'.

How could I manage if I wanted to read it in bed!!!!

Perhaps we could have both to cater for all interests?

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PDF is great for me.

I hate collecting all that paper, I know it's recyclable, but it's such a waste of space (and trees! ).

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That will be the best solution, I think, too. The printed magazine for those who don't mind paying for it, the PDF for those who want a cheaper or greener alternative.

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~Pete

Mmmm - guess you have a point - but a bit expensive to buy a laptop just to read Pentax User online....in bed!!!!

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K7 , Pentax 18-250mm lens, Sigma 10-20mm lens, Sigma 105mm Macro lens, Pentax 50mm 1.7 lens, Cokin P Series Filters

I prefer the hard copy, it goes with me when waiting for appointments and is also easier to refer to a particular article because it is on the front cover.

what, like some sort of Pentax User Forum?

that's just crazy talk!

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but it does help

Well yes just like the Pentax User Forum indeed but far more elaborated and good articles that comes from the staff that write the articles for the magazine now.
Just read my previous comment I wrote on this page.


or E-readers and iPads.
I believe Amazon was thinking of offering the Kindle for free when you subscribe to an Amazon account.
It would not take long before you pay a fee to a newspaper to rent an E-reader device and that you can simply download the news paper daily. When you leave from work you quickly download an update and you get all the news that happened in the morning.

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Stefan

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[quote:3496ace15f="bforbes"]I've said no for two reasons:-

1/ I like to sit and browse in comfort with a coffee
2/ I like to see the images in their glossy form.

I totally agree and say NO!

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Nezih