Reduced to £320 including RMSD, or best offer.

Some pics of the lens









This shows the small bit of type missing.




Lens and hood. There's some scuff marks on the outside of the hood; they look worse with the flash than they do in normal light.

I am selling this lens as I just never use it. I think it's been on the camera twice since I bought it, as I don't really do bird, wildlife or airshow photography.

The lens is in very good condition. There are a few bits of white paint missing (part of the 8 in 80-400, one end of the infinity symbol) but nothing that affects any of the distance markings.

This is not a very common lens in PK fit, and is ideal as a travel lens, or for those who don't want to lug a Bigma around. It has a huge range in a very compact lens. It's light enough to use hand-held. Comes complete with original hood and caps, no box though (it didn't have one when I bought it).

Looking for £350 including RMSD, posted from the UK. Payment by bank transfer. Sensible offers considered.

One of the few images I have taken with this lens.

Excellent, Shaun, well done!

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Pentax smc-A 50mm f1.4 £30
Sigma 24mm f2.8 Super-Wide II £30 (all my successful thunderstorm at night shots taken with this).Both from Wildings before they closed down.
Pentax DA 16-45mm brand new $130 US (last Pentax lens in a shop in Houston when they stopped stocking Pentax)

Thanks Lu, not sure if any of them are masterpieces, but thanks for the comment!

Thanks all. Unfortunately I had to reply before I'd seen your replies, but I think I'm in the ballpark. I've sent them a quote for $125 an hour, $300 for editing and providing high-res tiffs and web-size jpegs on a disc. Plus lunch. It seems to be about the going rate here. I'll just have to wait and see what they say.....

Thanks Dave. The agency never sets the prices, they just put the photographer in touch with the client. Previously I have shot specific images for them, or sold existing ones, with the price set by the client and not the agency. This is the first time I have been asked to do an event, and is also the first time the price will be set by me and not the client.

From the email I received, it seems they have already decided to use me if they are happy with my quote, so I just need to come up with a realistic figure. They will tell me what the product is once we have agreed a price. The client seems to mainly deal with large multinational companies, so I am sure they are going to be charging a fair bit for the photographs.

I have been asked to provide a quote to cover a product launch here in Doha and was wondering if anyone could give me a rough idea of the going rate. They asked me to include equipment, transport and food costs. I'm not quite sure what they mean about equipment costs. The client is a US agency that provides local services for corporate events throughout the world. The event will be 10 hours long, and edited images are required. I've not been told what the product is yet. The launch is taking place in a 5 star hotel here in Doha.

Looking at other local photographer's charges here, the going rate would seem to work out at around $1000 and $300 for a disk of edited images, which seems a bit below what I would have expected. I also have to give 10% of my fee to the photographic agency (with whom I have dealt before), who recommended me to the client.

I'd appreciate any advice from people here who have covered similar events, mainly in terms of pricing, but also any advice on equipment would be welcome.

Jon