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Vol 1 No 3 photoWORLD Winter 2004/5 Photo by R J Bull 10% off repairs and servicing for Photoworld club members he Konica Minolta Photoworld TClub Camera Check Scheme Information on this page is printed in each General Insurance Company. Some runs all year round, taking the sea- Checks & parts for older models are now no sonal load off the service department. issue for your benefit – please use it. longer available, and Konica Minolta Service will give Club Checks have to restrict these warranties to ‘absolute priority’ and these Call 01908 200400 for service! the list below. If your equipment is will normally be accomplished more recent, but now out of warranty, within 3-4 days of receipt. Warranties call the Service Dept for advice This is great news but please film transport, AF operation, self Extended Warranty on 01908 200400. If you wish to be sure to allow a little more timer, flash synchronisation and find out more about the warranty time – and please do not send all other key operational aspects The Minolta Extended Warranty terms, ring Domestic & General’s equipment to the Kelso address. of the camera. External cleaning Scheme is available on new equip- Helpline on 0181 944 4944. As a Photoworld subscriber you of camera and lens is undertaken, ment. However, you may be able to Please note this is NOT the have a permanent 10% discount along with loose dust removal. take out an warranty on a camera same number as for our Camera off all repairs and servicing if you Equipment which passes the which has just been repaired, or Equipment Insurance facility. deal directly with Konica Minolta tests will receive a Test Certificate overhauled. The warranty is an Please enquire to the Service Dept Photo Imaging (UK) Limited. and may qualify for the Extended optional extension of the usual about earlier Konica products. We The Service Address is: Warranty (right). If problems six-month repair guarantee to a full shall be publishing details for Konica Konica Minolta Photo needing repair are found, you will two years. This offer is administered owners in future Photoworld editions. Imaging (UK) Ltd be contacted with an estimate – the and underwritten by Domestic & Á Service Department Club Check cost is deducted from Unit 7 Tanners Drive the cost of the repair if you decide KONICA MINOLTA EXTENDED WARRANTY SCHEME Blakelands to go ahead. You also get your 10% Milton Keynes MK14 5BU. discount. See also new informa- SLR BODY AF 35-70/3.5-4.5 Dimage RD-3000 Tel 01908 200400 tion about direct repairs, below. Dynax 9, 7 and 5 ACCESSORIES Dimage RD-175 If you ask for the discount, your 800si, 700si, 600si VC-600, VC-700, Dimage 2330 membership status will be checked Direct Repairs 500si & Super VC-7, VC-6, VC-9 Dimage 2300 and validated. If this is disputed, you 505si Super Dimage V may ask the Service Department to If you know your gear needs to be 300si, 303si MD LENSES Dimage 1500EX check with us, and we will confirm repaired, remember that a repair 404si MD 100/4 macro Scan Multi, II, Pro your paid-up status or enable you always includes a full service X-700, X-370S MD 50/3.5 macro Scan Elite, II to renew your subscription if has and a 6 month guarantee on the MD 135/2.8 tele Scan Speed lapsed not more than six months ago. whole item. If you have equipment COMPACT MD 28/2.8 Scan Dual, II Equipment under 1st year which you think needs repair, Zoom 70, 70EX MS 100-300/5.6-6.7 Quick Scan, Plus warranty can be sent in directly, you can send it for a Club Check Zoom 90, 90EX MD 35-70 accompanied by any document show- service, enclosing your payment. Zoom 105, 105EX MD 70-210 PHOTOMETERS ing the date of purchase, including You can also send items Zoom 115 MD 50/1.7 Flash Meter V Colour credit card statements etc, even if directly to the service department Zoom 125 also 220X flash Meter II Colour Meter you have not returned your guarantee for repair estimates outside Zoom 150 IIIF Flash Meter III, IV card. But you should always this scheme. Konica Minolta Photo Zoom Pico VECTIS Spotmeter F complete and return warranty Imaging (UK) Limited will accept AF-25, AF-35 Vectis 40, 300, 300L, Spotmeter M documents after buying equipment. equipment directly from readers F-25, F-35BF 3000, 2000, 30, 25, Autometer IV-F and provide estimates, it is not F 35ST Super 260, 200, 20, 100BF, Autometer III, IIIN Club Checks necessary to go through a dealer. If Weathermatic, GX-1, Autometer III Flash the estimate is not accepted then a AF FLASH GX-2, GX-3, GX-4. Vectis The cost of a Club Check, inclusive of charge of £5.88 is payable for return. 5600HS S1, S-100, V lenses BINOCULARS VAT and return insured carriage, is: There is a difference between 3600HS 400RF, 22-80, 50 macro, Activa: 8x42DWP, £18.68 for camera + lens the Photoworld Club Check and 5400HS 28-56, 25-150, 56-170, 10x42WP, 7x35W, £25.85 for all video a Service. The check may show 1200AF Macro 80-240, SF-1 flash 7x50, 8x40W, 10x50W, and digital products that your shutter speeds and so 12x50W, 7-15x35, Club Check tests include shutter on fall within ISO tolerances, but AF LENSES DIGITAL 8-20x50, 8-22x27, speed accuracy, aperture accuracy, a Service may allow adjustment to AF 100-300 (D) Dimage 7, 5 10-30x27, Pocket metering accuracy, and focusing better than ISO standards. It also AF 24-105 (D) Dimage S304 8x25WP, Pocket accuracy. They also include checks allows lubrication, tightening of AF 75-300 (D) Dimage E203 10x12WP, 8x25FM, for correct electronic operation, screws, cleaning and adjustments. AF 28-80 (D) Dimage E201 Î photoWORLD 2 MinIFCMay04.indd 2 21/12/04 11:45:22 am Contents Vol 1 No 3 Winter 2004/5 Page 12 Page 32 Photoworld Gallery, our space for Club Events your own pictures… with prizes Duncan McEwan and our spon- of Konica Minolta film, inkjet sored lecturers line up for more supplies and CD-ROM media. events you can attend in 2005. Page 16 Page 34 Perserverence Pays Quest Workshops Duncan McEwan shows a seasonal We continue to sponsor this example of his method for stalk- dual-location series of tuition ing the light in landscapes. days and photo trips, run by Utah red rock canyons in winter by long-time Minolta user Colin Robert J Bull – see story. Page 21 Westgate, with a new base in Essex Red Rock Winter as well as the familiar Seaford. Page 2 Robert J Bull reports on organised Service and Repairs Information winter tours to the dramatic Page 37 landscapes of the American West. Fisheye Business Page 4 Peter Karry shows how the 16mm Who’s Who Page 26 fisheye lens on full frame film Konica Minolta Photo Imaging (UK) Slide copying with digital gives unique results. So don’t Ltd and Photoworld Club info Michael Gilroy has been using accuse us of being too digital! his Dimage Xt close up facility Page 5 to make excellent ‘scans’ from Page 41 Test Report – Dynax 7 Digital rollfilm and 35mm slides. Photoworld Club Postal Lens Hire Accompanied by pictures from The only such service we know of! ‘early adopters’ round the world, Page 30 David Kilpatrick’s review of the new Water Colour City Page 42 35mm SLR digital camera reveals Venice goes naturally with wet proc- Battery Buster what may be the best 6 megapixel essed film! David & Shirley Kilpatrick Essential data for everyone. model yet made. Anti-shake, fantastic rediscover the unique colours of sil- performance at high ISO settings, ver imaging – and one of the best des- Page 43 and Dynax 7 style control! tinations for photography this winter. Free Subscriber Small Ads KONICA MINOLTA photoWORLD Published by With the support and assistance of Icon Publications Limited Konica Minolta Photo Imaging (UK) Ltd Maxwell Place, Maxwell Lane Plane Tree Crescent Kelso, Scottish Borders TD5 7BB Feltham, Middlesex TW13 7HD Tel: 01573 226032 Fax: 01573 226000 SERVICE DEPARTMENT: e-mail: [email protected] Konica Minolta Photo Imaging (UK) Ltd Service Department PICTURE EDITOR & SUBSCRIPTIONS MANAGER Unit 7 Tanners Drive Shirley Kilpatrick MSc (Colour Science), BA Hons (OU) Blakelands North Milton Keynes MK14 5BU TECHNICAL EDITOR & CLUB DIRECTOR David Kilpatrick FBIPP AMPA Our thanks to Laurie Moore, Paul Genge, Bernard Petticrew and colleagues at Konica Minolta Photo Imaging ADVERTISING MANAGER (UK) Ltd for their help and support. 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