It's a great people lens & that is a great description. I haven't used prime lenses for ages & it was great to get back into a disciplined approach.

I loved number 1 the moment I took it.

Having bought this lens I finally got to have a go at this weekends VW Festival at Harewood House in Leeds.

I really liked the 35mm focal length & the light weight lens with just the body was great for walking around.

I love the finished results with this lens & can well recommend it, I love the portraits with it.

I love his portfolio, it is well different, if he was sick on it it would sell for squillions at Sotherbys...

The da 50-135mm is a slow to focus lens. However compared to screw drive after 70-200mm lenses it doesn't hunt anywhere near as much. It also locks on quicker so quick focus is not the be all and end all.

I meet a lot of concert photographers in all photo pits from local pubs to Glastonbury fedtival whenever I have had focussing issues the Canon guys usually do to. I never hear complaints from Nikon users. If I was to go full frame which I wouldn't considering how good the K-5 is I would plump for a d700 and some Nikon glass.

You are welcome to look through my Flickr stream to see what this great lens can do on an old Samsung gx20 which is a really slow focus body compared to the k-5.

Good luck with your decision its a tough call to make

I had that in my basket for 2 days when it appeared and I immediately and arghed about buying it and then when I decided to bite the bullet it had gone. This was exactly why I worried about buying it. Will definitely be buying mine in a shop now...

It was a strange feeling lol. My wife says I have to buy my k-5 from him so he can tell his mated he sold me it

Does the tamron have the new 5 year gauramtee and is it transferable????

I used to when I first started. Mainly from younger togs starting out. But nowadays I know most of the togs in the pit so they know the quality of my work. I know a few togs bought k-r to play with after they tried mine out.

I went to a Jacobs digital out of town l a few weeks ago to play with a k-5 and the young lad behind the counter and asked what I shot and what I was using. When I told him . he said your not Gary Stafford by any chance are you?? I said I was and how did you guess that? He said well I know no other muwic tog shooting Samsung. So that was rather nice I guess....

I bought into Pentax when I did a photography course & needed a DSLR, saw a k100d in ASDA of all places for £199.99

Why have I stayed with Pentax / samsung??? Because their build quality in the price range is far superior to any body lens of similar price manufactured by Canikon. Having picked up numerous bodies by those two brands, Pentax always feels right & exudes strength. Pick up a canon & you can bend them in your habds, pick up a Nikon & I don't know who they are designed for, they are certainly not ergonomic. I picked up a D90 just this week & still cannot figure out how to change focus mode from spot t ocentre or how to change from solo shoot to rapid mode...

Pick up a Pentax & its self explanatory. Lack of lenses??/ Unless you want over 300mm then maybe you should be looking at a true pro system such as D3 or 5D but then you have to pay the financial outlay too...

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