My new aquisition.

Hi, I saved all my coins and finally bought: Wait for it-----
a 77mm f1.8 limited Brand spanking new lens.

I bought the silver version. Wy? because I liked it. Reminded me of my old Leica days.

It cost me $AU 799.- (427.- GBP) with free postage. It comes with a 2 year Australian guarantee and was shipped by the official Australian Importer.
By far the cheapest of all I could find on Ebay or on the Internet .
I anybody is interested. here is an Ebay number for a black one for this price: 231148448568.

Now i fitted this lens on to my K5. It focuses like a dream.

Then I made some pictures around the house and garden. Nothing I would put on to the Gallery, but just to see how the lens performs.

It blew me away. just blew me away. I don't have any other lens as good as this one.

Then I decided to put it on to one of my Film Pentaxes to see how easy it is to manual focus.
No problem at all.The focus ring is wide enough and just in the right position to be comfortable.

I will be taking some B&W pictures with it next Wednesday and see how it performs.

The camera is my Super Program = Super-A. I made some pictures of it with the lens attached.

It looks great. Have you ever seen a better looking Pentax Camera-Lens combination?

Regards, Horst

A good looking combo Horst. Bought mine from the same source.

Best regards

You're just trying to wind up the Brits - So what, you've got cheaper Pentax lenses, better weather and The Ashes - we're not bitter


It's a super lens - you're going to have fun with it

Thanks Gary. I had a look at your link. Wow what great pictures. As I said, I will Load my Film camera with a real of B&W film. And screw a yellow No1 filter on front and see how it goes .
I found a place in St.Kilda which looks very interesting for developing the B&W films.
link.

Regards, Horst

Lenny wrote:
Your right with the Ashes, But the weather? We had between 35 and 41 the last week.

And its going to be in the high 30's this week again.

Only a nice cool beer can be of help when it's like this.

Regards, Horst

Oh im sure you would prefer our constant sodding rain

well, I suppose Pentax felt sorry for you guys and released the WR cameras and lenses.
However every time I watch Midsummer Murders, the weather seems to be perfect.

Regards, Horst

It is a great lens and I would also go for silver

Speak for yourself!

I'm seething with jealousy

Today we celebrated my birthday and the grandchildren came. So I made some portraits in our lunchroom with this lens. But i screwed a soft focus in front of it. Here are a couple of the results. Both pictures where taken with natural light. Next time I try it without filter.





My Grand daughter Jasmin 8 years old



William my 3 Year old my Grand son.