although i cannot offer technical advice, i hope i can help some of you thinking of buying from pixmania - DON'T!!
I yself have had a nightmare using them, from 1st telling me they had stock, to being on hold for 80 minutes and still cant get through.
also, see the following link ;
http://www.ephotozine.com/forum/view...age=4#lastpost

For a while I was thinking you were talking about the excellent Pixmantec, provider of acclaimed RAW conversion software; thought it a bit strange but finally twigged!

I purchased my Pentax *ist DL from CameraWorld (UK and Europe only) and they have been very helpful in getting it repaired for me after I slipped on a wet rock in Wales. Great service.

There was a long thread about pixmania not long ago, some bad reports some good

Personaly i cant fault then ordered about 5 times always been superb even customer service when i was enquiring about an out of stock product and to cancel a produt i pre ordered got refund really quickly

I will keep using until i have a bad experience

[tomson]

Originally Posted by mrdavo

I purchased my Pentax *ist DL from CameraWorld

I'm a big fan of CameraWorld - the guys in the shop dead helpful and the prices are pretty competitive, plus they're usually willing to budge on prices if you ask.

[RichardBoult]

I have a smll problem with pixmania. I have recieved a DVD player that I want to send back...but it is only at this point that you discover they are in France and not Fulham as I seem to recall seeing somewhere on their site. Their web address also gives the impression they are a UK company! Trouble is sending the DVD player back is going to cost about £25!!