Who cares, she's hot...

Ok, I've got a few images now.

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I've taken a couple of pictures with the lens, to verify that the AF works, and that the image quality is as I'd expect, and as far as I can tell, it's absolutely fine. The lens is now back in its original packing, and the next person to touch it will be the new owner

I notice that someone has put a DAL version of this lens up for sale.

Just to be clear, this is the DA version, not the DAL. It has the metal (rather than plastic) mount, the original lens hood, the soft pouch, and most important of all it has QuickShift, which the DAL does not.

QuickShift allows you to rotate the focus ring manually, even when the camera is set to AF. This makes a very significant difference when it comes to action shots (I've used mine mostly for airshows), since you can recover very quickly if you lose the subject from the centre of the viewfinder.

Best of luck to the seller of the DAL, I just wanted to be very clear about what my advert here includes.

Check out the classifieds.

As I mentioned on this thread, I picked up one of these from Amazon recently. I've decided to keep the old one and sell the new one, since I need to generate a little more cash than I expected to over Christmas

I haven't taken it out of the box yet, so it's as 'as new' as it gets.

Before sending it, I'll check that it works Ok, and if it goes wrong before the warranty expires (12.12.12) I'll do what I can to sort it out with Amazon.

£190, including everything that comes new in the box, and delivery by RMSD. Bank transfer please, for payment.

Pictures to follow.

If you promise to never spell it 'lense' again (it's 'lens' ), I'll be selling a Pentax one shortly.

Amazon were doing them at a substantial discount recently, and I bought one, intending to keep the new one and sell the one I've had for several years.

I haven't decided which one to sell yet, but even if it's the older one, it's in mint condition and fantastic.

This was taken with it...

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It's not bad, but when you realise that the next one is a crop from that image, you realise how sharp the lens is:

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So keep an eye on the classifieds. Naturally I'll make it very clear whether I'm selling the 2nd hand one or the new one.

Neither. Someone's nicked her cig.

Professor Emin, now, George

And unwanted image sigs

Well said

I'm very much in that category. You could criticise my pictures as hard as you liked on the grounds of lack of originality, and I'd probably agree with you.

That doesn't detract from the pleasure of the craft, and it's often hard enough to get composition and light right, without having the added pressure of also having to worry about whether someone else has taken a similar one.

I don't think the Samsung ones are available new any more. Given the price of the Pentax ones new, I'd guess the Samsung ones would be fairly rare other than from brand changers.

I can't imagine getting rid of mine, other than if there were much better replacements available, and I had a sudden lottery win.