What's your latest acquisition?

Turns out the Fujinon has a slightly slow aperture return on first press of the knob after changing aperture, and a fair amount of fungus on the rearmost element... I'm happy removing the rear element but the aperture isn't something I know how to tackle...

Hi folks

Well SRS have 20% off until 26th August ...and wife away with friends on holiday, while the cats away so decided to pull the trigger on...

Pentax HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6 ED DC AW Lens
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Pentax HD PENTAX-DA AF Rear Converter 1.4X AW

While I have manual fixed telephoto lenses I really wanted this lens since it came out as it's such a useful AF lens in the focal length range on both APS-C and Full Frame.

Thanks to everyone for your purchases.

I've decided to run the code again until Monday 2nd September.

All lenses 20% off with discount code pentaxlens20

Link to full frame lenses
Link to APS-C lenses

We've sold out of some, but any orders before Monday will be at the discounted price when new stocks arrive.

Thanks for great service as usual. Wife coming home today... better hide that lens!

That 20% occasionally makes all the difference to us users and helps keep the market flowing...

Much appreciated SRS!

It's a pleasure and I hope you enjoy your new lens!

I'm sure I've told this on here before, but we have a section in our stockroom where we keep the empty boxes from purchases so other halves don't get to find out about the new kit

Looks as though some part-exchanging has worked out nicely for me, and on it's way is a Pentax 100mm Macro WR. Looking forward to seeing what this lens has to offer! It was a good price, very lightly used and in perfect condition, so the part-ex for items I wouldn't otherwise use has made it a great value offering (as long as I get on with the lens)!

Pulled the trigger on a nicely-priced SMC-M 50mm f/1.4. Apparently there's some dust inside which doesn't affect images but no fungus. £34.98 posted, should receive tomorrow.

Issue is, there's so much tempting me these days.
(a) I want a tripod.
(b) I want an ultra-wide.
(c) I want an O-GPS1 astrotracer unit.

I bought another KP :/

And an empty box

There's wisdom in empty boxes haha

How many KPs does one need?

It's the only one I've got at the moment but I keep selling them when they don't get use, only to buy another a few months later when the urge kicks in.

That's nuts (KP variety!)

I would have jumped at a good K3ii deal though. As much as I love the KP and K-1, I've never held a camera so perfectly built for my hands as the K-3.

And thus return the cries for a K-3iii

I bought myself a K-3 for my 50th and as my 55th looms on the horizon I find myself bemused that I am perfectly happy with it as my digital body. I keep buying new (to me) film stuff like my Ondu pinhole, but the K-3 does almost everything I want. My only regret is that it doesn't have the in-viewfinder levels that the K-1 boasts. Apparently, I have taken over 28,000 images in those five years (although quite a few of those are going to be automatically bracketed shots). Although "going full-frame" seems like a good idea the cost of replacing all my APS-C lenses with the full-frame equivalents puts me off. Although, of late, the 31mm Ltd lives on it most of the time as my go-to standard lens. Oh well, had fun taking five photos this afternoon with the pinhole all with 20 second exposures! Sorry, I'm rambling. Time for bed (said Zebedee...).