77mm Limited info

SRS Microsystems have the 77mm 1:1.8 Limited lens in Silver in stock at £559.00 (I'm not giving any more information than that )

The same lens in Black is apparantly only available for the Japanese market or via grey import. I was tempted to get a black one from china but hey, they can copy anything and there's no Pentax warranty with it.

My silver one should arrive tomorrow. I hope it's as good as you say it is George

This post has just served as a reminder that I had a little job to do...

Some of you may recall that in early 2005 I imported a number of the Black Ltd lenses from a shop Japan and offered them for sale via this forum or ebay - young George picked up my silver 31mm as I couldn't justify having that and a black one!!!

I believe that I still have one of the Black 77mm's available for sale (can't remember exactly as I still haven't unpacked some boxes from moving house earlier this year - I did have 4 in stock but can only recall selling 3 of them last year). I shall go and have a proper look this eve when I get home from work...

The black Ltd's not only perform superbly they also look awesome when matched with something like an LX, *ist-D etc...

If anyone is interested, let me know - it'll be brand new, original box/packaging, pouch, never been mounted etc... Much sooner offer it up on here first before going to the hassle of writing an ebay listing - good home and all that!!!

Will

Pah, and I'm just around the corner from you at the moment as well. Too late for me but I'm sure somebody will be interested. I can always stick some black gaffer tape around mine when it arrives

You wouldn't have any more 31mm blacks left would you?
I think a silver one might look odd on my *istD.

Sorry - I wish... have only ever seen 1 of the black 31mm's and I own it I asked the shop in Japan for weeks and weeks if they could get hold of more and no joy! I had a look around on the B&H website yesterday and they have both silver and black 31mm's in stock at around the $870 mark - not a bad deal at all even with the dreaded VAT and import duty

Have been waiting for a while to see if I can sneak a work trip out to NY to see about bringing a couple back with me... Only problem is that she who must be obeyed would rinse my credit card on other superfluous shopping items

I was able to order black 31mm and 77mm lenses from B&H last summer, they may or may not still have them in stock. They are being used on my *st D.

I've just realised that when Spirit of Will mentioned selliing a 31mm to "young" George, he was referring to me.

I can only say that in all other respects his descriptions have been totally accurate.

G

lol, so Arthur, are you happy with it on your "D" - this is my intention.

Thanks for the info everyone.

I have another question about this but I think it might deserve another thread...

Yes, they're perfect on the D. And they are full-frame, should I have a desire to shoot some Kodachome.

This will be one of my first Pentax lenses.

Great reviews, and currently on sale. About $679 Canadian ($591 USD), and that's the 'instant' price, I don't have to mail in a rebate and wait six weeks.

It's the ideal length, and relatively fast at f/1.8. The 85mm 1.4 would be even better, but several reviews say the 85mm is a little soft until 2.8, which defeats the purpose, I think if you can't shoot good 1.4 pics.