Hi,

Both the ebay listings, for both the Vivitar and the Bower (PK fit) are showing photos of the Nikon fit version...you can see the double row of aperture numbers and the tab on the outside of the mount....a case of quite normal ebay seller incompetance.

The B&H page shows the Pentax version of the Vivitar clearly and it DOES have the 'A' setting....so it is a PKA mount.

cheers Steve.

http://photo.net/pentax-camera-forum/00Seo9

Interview with Pentax guy at PMA....

Hi,

We have a large Currys store here near Walsall West Mids. This has just been refurbished and I was shocked the other day to see the choice...a whole new photo department...they had: Pentax all DSLR's and some lenses, all Nikon, Canon, Sony (inc the new A900 FF), all the high end FF from both N & C...Samsung GX20 (on special at £419/body), Oly E-3 and all other DSLR's...they also had a choice of lenses from ALL the main five makers....

cheers Steve.M.

I went Sunday and the Cameraworld stand had several Pentax lenses ex-demo like new at typical ebay used prices...21 DA, 43 Ltd, 70 DA, 77 Ltd 50 D FA macro, new 55/1.4 brand new at £379, 200 DA, 300 DA and others....the other really large impressive stand was the Sony one....the viewfinder of the Sony A900 re-affirmed my thoughts..it was fantastic to look through...FAR FAR better than any of the APS cameras.

Hi,

David, check out these, the ZING lens pouches:


http://www.speedgraphic.co.uk/cat.asp?usrID=F7EF982B-D2A6-4FFC-AFB0-B837247DBD45...

cheers Steve.

"Just had a look at the Katzeye again, they're not cheap are they?"

...thats the price you pay for a high quality specialist item...

Check what the seller put as the value on the customs sticker on the parcel. I once had an idiot USA seller who put a far higher value on the customs sticker than I paid...they did not understand you are charged by customs on the value they write down.

If the value is corect, then UK customs have screwed up. You need to send the relevant paperwork with PROOF of the value you paid to get your refund. The last one I did took about 6 weeks.

cheers Steve.

IGNORE the Focus website....it said last year that Contax would be at the show! I think it still shows them for this year also!

I assume no one is updating the list properly at all and has not done so for a few years....

Crazy rumour...ignore dpreview.

A 1.3X DSLR is barmy IMO....Pentax have spent the last few years developing and spending lots of money on the DA digi lenses optimised for APS-C sensors with 1.5X crop factor....a 1.3X would need some new lenses, would cost a lot of money to develop and most importantly offers NO marketing advantage whatsoever to Pentax in the DSLR market place. They either stay fully committed to APS-C or maybe jump to full frame (with also heavy expense an new full frame lenses)....a half way house like 1.3X is pointless.

cheers Steve.

Well done Jessops!

Over 10 years, you bought up about 75% of all the independant photo stores all over the UK, turned them into computer shops with spotty youths who new very little, then made several bad decisions re stock and pricing so the many previously successful shops will now fail to exist...

...personally I would not supply anything to them...UNLESS they paid COD.