It's obvious on here that people don't want to pay for R&D..... So Ricoh can sack their R&D staff to keep the prices low for their not very valuable customers

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I've recently bought a 140mm. Excellent product and service from a very good dealer. Took about a day to arrive in a very nice box .....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Heather-P-140-140-mm-Universal-Camera-Quick-Release-Pl...

Note: Some of these have the dovetail top and bottom and can be used upside down or even joined together using one of these......

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Heather-R-Series-CR-50D-50mm-Back-to-Back-Screw-Knob-Q...

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The ME-F was great for focusing where you had nothing really to focus on such as the ground, grass, sand, gravel etc.

I never could understand why people moan about lack of DOF preview You can't even see when the image is in focus never mind the point where it's just going OOF. It's unlikely that it would be the same as the calculated DOF for a 10x8 print.

With a 28-35mm lens at f/8 everything is in focus with the lens on INF so no need to consider DOF.

You can fake DOF preview on any camera by releasing the lens and turning slowly (removing it) until it stops down then lock it back again.

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The one for the FD lenses uses optics to make it into a 1.4x TC. So you lose a stop and have a longer focal length which isn't ideal if the FD lens is a wide angle.

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The K-3 is currently £450 in Japan....... No wonder that it's reached No:22 on the chart

http://bcnranking.jp/category/subcategory_0008.html

Prices are usually at their lowest when a retailer is out of stock

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For many years the prices were consistent. The only AP I have handy is from July 2009. The two lenses you refer to were £1757 from SRS ....... 6 years ago..... so what's the problem? They are the same price that they were 6 years ago!!

The same AP (SRS) price for the 300mm f4 was £899. When I bought mine a few years ago it would have been around £1000 at SRS. Jacobs were the cheapest and had them listed at £900 but couldn't confirm a supply date. So I bought one off this forum for around £700.

So basically there hasn't been any increase in price...... just a bit of dumping which normally precedes a company going out of business. Very unusual on current stock.... It can happen with discontinued models when times are hard.

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There's a lot of dumping going on at present. Pentax even have the Q7 at No: 10 in the Japanese camera weekly sales chart at present..... £153 for the camera + 02 and 06 zooms, Naturally no manufacturer can stand these kind of prices for long. So less moaning please these are hard time for all camera companies. Show a bit of sympathy.

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Can't be done the Canon Flange focal distance is shorter than the Pentax one.

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Big announcement first thing in the morning from Ricoh/Pentax

Unfortunately it's not the "CLOSING DOWN SALE" that wvbarnes wants

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Photographing them with a DSLR is much quicker. See tutorials.
Using a Globe type bulb gives a more diffused light and doesn't pick
up as many scratches.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kosnic-Daylight-Energy-Saving-Globe/dp/B005SRCIDM

Don't buy a zoom copier or one with a built in close up lens. Just use
a 50mm - 100mm on tubes.

Some stuff also on Youtube.

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