New to Pentax

Hi all,
Picked up a K-r in December and retired my FujiFinepix.
Really pleased with the early shots, any tips now I feel ready to move away from auto gratefully received.
Lens wise, I have the kit 18 - 55, but would like to get another. I tend to really only take urban and landscapes so am thiking wide angle?
On a budget so will need to look second hand to start with so any suggestions welcome!
Thanks, Andrew

G'day and welcome.

Download a free programme called ExposurePlot, install and use that to analyse the images you've already taken with your K-r and kit lens.

Assuming those shots are indicative of the type of photography you intend to do, then the analysis from EP will give you the focal lengths you've used with your zoom to date, in chart form. You can then see the focal lengths you favour.

If you want to go down the prime lens path, that may give you food for thought.

Welcome to the forum Andrew and start saving

I would suggest staying with the 18-55 for the present and concentrate on getting to know the camera, your not going to get much wider than 18mm without spending a fair amount of cash, next on the list will be the Pentax 16-45 or the way more than you want to spend 16-50DA* and that extra 2mm is not going to make an awful lot of difference.

Anything wider that that is going to be in excess of £400-500 and lenses like that rarely come up for sale second hand, and when they do they hold their value.

Welcome Andrew, I agree with Fatspider ease yourself in before catching the inevitable "LBA"

This is excellent lens for landscapes, use it regularly.

I think the 50mm FA 1.4 would be worth a look. It's obviously a length already covered by your kit lens, but the image quality from the FA will be better. It'll also give you more options for creative depth of field - or better low light images.
It was the 3rd lens that I bought, but easily spends the most amount of time on the camera. Not sure how much you want to spend, but you should be able to get a used one for under £250.