K-5iis at jessops body only

Jessops website £529.97

As you probably know the model is discontinued

Bump

Is the DA* 50-135mm still available? How long have you had it, any motor problems, repairs etc?

Bumping this, haven't researched it yet, but am also interested

K-5 ii not "s" body only .. 439 inc VAT

https://www.parkcameras.com/p/5012185K/digital-slr-cameras/pentax/k-5-ii-body

I already had the 100mm DFA WR macro duties... which is a good price right now... as is the Tamron 90mm macro

The 35mm SMC/HD macro is one heck of a lens too... but the FA 31mm has that special rendering

FA 31mm... you can't resist

Pixie dust magic, everything aplently.... its as good as they say... don't resist

It'll also hold its value reasonably well too

I've just effectively replaced my FA 35mm with it.... which in itself is not a bad lens, but doesn't quite have the magic rendering / transitions... but is still nice

The only other tempting lens [to me] was the DA 20-40mm... but I had to experience the 31mm

The FA 31mm was one of the reasons I was drawn to Pentax, I knew one day I had to get it. That day finally came recently after a few years of being in the k-mount system...

Problem with this lens is its price IMO

Just a bit more (~100) and you get a DA* 16-50mm f2.8 which has its flaws, but stills seems a good lens

Then you can also save £200 and get a 18-135mm

If you aren't so restricted at either end, you can also pay £100 more to get a DA 20-40mm, which looks great

Perhaps if it drops to the 18-135mm price it'll seem more compelling

Chris,

Both the £80 code and the trade-in bonus (£100) available until end of Feb?

ta

Chris just to clarify...

If I was to PX a lens with a value of 200...

It would be 200 + bonus 100 ? giving 300

Or is it a case of:

A lens valued at 200 exceeds the minimum PX value of 100 so its still a total of 200... ?

thanks