I recently bought this lens from Mike-P (third lens I've bought from him, I wish he'd stop selling interesting lenses). I said I'd put a few shots up when I'd tried it out, so here's a few I took in Houston; some of you may remember some shots I took in the same place last year. I'm very impressed with the lens, it's even better than I thought it would be after reading several glowing reviews. I already have a matching 2x converter for this lens, though I've not tried it with that yet. All taken on the K5, the exif shows the wrong focal lengths as I just set the focal length in-camera to an average.

Nice one, Fritz! After seeing some very impressive images taken by Dr Orloff with the Q, I changed my opinion of it. These confirm that it's a pretty capable camera. I like the idea of using cctv lenses on it too.

Thanks, Algi, I found some bulbs here in Doha, will try them out as soon as I get more than one day at home.......

Thanks, folks, and thanks for the links, Don, good stuff!

Love that first one, the second ones not half bad either. I've been tempted to get this lens, my will-power is waning....

Great shots, reminds me of my Dad's Staffy, which eats anything too.

Nice to see some images from the K30, more so as they are good ones! It looks like a very capable camera.

Nice shot!

I turned down an approach from them a while ago, for an image of a museum in Qatar, as I decided I was not prepared to give such a large company an image for free. I quoted them $300, which they said was outside their budget. I then offered them the image for $75; they said they'd get back to me but they never did. Personally I don't agree with giving companies like AMEX free images. It's not doing photography or photographers any good when multinational corporations think they can get images for free.

As recommended by Pentaxophil, the Sigma 24mm Superwide II is a great lens for street photography. There are AF versions available, though they are not very common. An MF version should fit your budget, and it's a fantastic lens.

What is a cto gel?