The 16-50 would be my most used lens. aside from my macros. I love it

Thanks for the links guys. Mike I think your auction is a little more realistic.

I will take it out tomorrow and give it a run

About 5 quid

Wow. I will watch that sale with interest
And here was me thinking the Eyecup was the better buy of the two

I had a brief search and the only info of note, was the glass is made of Rare earth and emits low levels of radioactivity Must Keep it away from my eyeball less I turn into the Incredible Hulk.
Perhaps thats why it doesn't have any fungus

I was in the city today and happened into a second hand store.

I found this lens a German made Steinheil Munchen Tele-Quinar 1:4.5 200mm.
Its an M42 mount with a 16 blade iris (very smooth action)and tripod mount The barell is a little scuffed but the glass is clean. It came with its own leather pouch and has the weight of a brick. So for AU$12 I thought I would snap it up.

Do you think I wasted my 12bucks :

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I also grabbed this Olympus eyecup for a buck, which I found fitted my DS, It covers the eye better than the pentax eyecup and keeps your nose off the LCD screen.
It has a glass in it but not magnified.

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I have seen this happen to another K100 (if its the same clicking noise I witnessed)
It was the mirror rapidly going up and down. It was quite a loud noise and obvious it was the mirror.
The camera was dead with nothing else happening besides the mirror bounce. And it also bounced with no lens attached.

Tried changing batteries with no luck.
He ended up sending it in for repair but wasn't told what was wrong with it when it was returned. So I can't help you with a fix, sorry

Bon Voyage

I've come to the conclusion it's a never ending quest

Welcome Bat28

Its a very good flash but it doesn't have a swivel head.
Also you need to be careful with the battery door, its very flimsy and easily broken if not careful.

Great shots paul, I really like the huntsman spider.
Are you using the onboard flash :

As Dan said you cropped the caterpillar too tight but great colours on him.