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Well I keep coming back to Pentax and I could not resist this bundle that was for sale on E-Bay. It was up for around £197 but I offered £175 and it was accepted. Anyway, the K20D body is totally mint and has only 5895 shutter acctuations on it, not a scratch or mark on it, the original box it came in looked brand new. It also came with a SMC Pentax-DA L 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL, a SMC Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4-5.8 ED, a Kenko x2 AF teleconvertor, a Sigma flashgun, a battery grip, three batteries and a nice padded QR camera strap. It even had the viewfinder cap for using when taking long exposures. I am well chuffed and can't wait to start using it, I have already updated the firmware to the last available update.



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Nice camera! I am curious whether the internal battery is still keeping voltage. If yes, very likely at that time Pentax used there a capacitor, otherwise lithium-ion battery would be definitely dead.

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alex_virt said:
Congrats! Great setup, and I like the cool strap:)

Mine also had only 5K clicks.
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Thanks Alex and yes the cool strap was a added bonus
 
flektogon said:
Nice camera! I am curious whether the internal battery is still keeping voltage. If yes, very likely at that time Pentax used there a capacitor, otherwise lithium-ion battery would be definitely dead.
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I don't know how to check that but it's all working fine as far as I can tell.
 
WiltshireMoonraker59 said:
flektogon said:
Nice camera! I am curious whether the internal battery is still keeping voltage. If yes, very likely at that time Pentax used there a capacitor, otherwise lithium-ion battery would be definitely dead.
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I don't know how to check that but it's all working fine as far as I can tell.
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If the camera asks to enter date & time after every change of the main battery, it means that the internal battery is dead.
 
alex_virt said:
WiltshireMoonraker59 said:
flektogon said:
Nice camera! I am curious whether the internal battery is still keeping voltage. If yes, very likely at that time Pentax used there a capacitor, otherwise lithium-ion battery would be definitely dead.
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I don't know how to check that but it's all working fine as far as I can tell.
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If the camera asks to enter date & time after every change of the main battery, it means that the internal battery is dead.
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Thanks Alex, I took the main battery out, waited a few seconds and then replaced it and no date and time message popped up :)
 
klimbkat said:
Outstanding deal on a real workhorse. I shot about 50k frames with mine, trekking and climbing in Nepal and Peru, solid kit. Enjoy!
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50K of frames is very impressive, I think at my age it will be a race between myself and the K20D to see who lasts the longest ha ha!
 
WiltshireMoonraker59 said:
alex_virt said:
WiltshireMoonraker59 said:
flektogon said:
Nice camera! I am curious whether the internal battery is still keeping voltage. If yes, very likely at that time Pentax used there a capacitor, otherwise lithium-ion battery would be definitely dead.
Click to expand...
I don't know how to check that but it's all working fine as far as I can tell.
Click to expand...
If the camera asks to enter date & time after every change of the main battery, it means that the internal battery is dead.
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Thanks Alex, I took the main battery out, waited a few seconds and then replaced it and no date and time message popped up :)
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Great, you're lucky :)
 
WiltshireMoonraker59 said:
klimbkat said:
Outstanding deal on a real workhorse. I shot about 50k frames with mine, trekking and climbing in Nepal and Peru, solid kit. Enjoy!
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50K of frames is very impressive, I think at my age it will be a race between myself and the K20D to see who lasts the longest ha ha!
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Memory is cheap - shoot all you want and delete the junk :-) Seriously, I completely understand. I used to try for 500 per week, a keeper a day or more, loading shots into the Pentax photo gallery, etc. About 10 years ago, I just slowed down (in all respects too) and just don't shoot as much. Enjoy your K20D, mine served me well.



Manag Valley, Nepal, 2011
Manag Valley, Nepal, 2011



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klimbkat said:
WiltshireMoonraker59 said:
klimbkat said:
Outstanding deal on a real workhorse. I shot about 50k frames with mine, trekking and climbing in Nepal and Peru, solid kit. Enjoy!
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50K of frames is very impressive, I think at my age it will be a race between myself and the K20D to see who lasts the longest ha ha!
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Memory is cheap - shoot all you want and delete the junk :-)
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But think of all the electrons that you are killing! Oh, the humanity of it all!!!

:-)

Doug
klimbkat said:
Seriously, I completely understand. I used to try for 500 per week, a keeper a day or more, loading shots into the Pentax photo gallery, etc. About 10 years ago, I just slowed down (in all respects too) and just don't shoot as much. Enjoy your K20D, mine served me well.

Manag Valley, Nepal, 2011
Manag Valley, Nepal, 2011
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Congratulations. It's nice set. I think the sensor made by Samsung.
 
zakaria said:
Congratulations. It's nice set. I think the sensor made by Samsung.
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Yes it is made by Samsung, I have a Samsung NX10 which has a very similar sensor
 
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