Grip arrived in good time, well packed and working fine.

Actually arrived yesterday but I was out, very quick. Thanks Vic.

Offers anyone?

Bump Bump.

Or offer?

I think the K-01 looks great. Sure it looks different, It is different! I could use all my lenses on it, that's good. It seems to be well specified, that's good. Size is ok. You do have to be able to hold and control it after all and it is still smaller than the k5(A nice small camera I find).

But....
I wouldn't buy the K-01 cos it doesn't have any viewfinder. That is the real nub for me. The mirrors in DSLR's are holding camera designs back at the moment and it must be one of the next steps forward to offer SLR quality viewing without the mirror. I have had cameras with electronic viewfinders, to be honest I prefer optical (I prefer pentaprism), but they really were not that bad. I would consider either if they were on this but no viewfinder is not an option for me.

Perhaps the K-02 will have the viewfinder? The reality is that I will not be changing the K5 for a while yet anyway so I'm not in the market for a new camera but I will probably be looking in a year or so and hopefully the K-02/3/4 will add the viewfinder and a lot more by then. In the meantime, I think this will sell and also sell to a lot of people who don't have a pentax DSLR, ...yet!

Hi Dave

Welcome and feel free to get stuck in!

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"There is nothing--absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."

Camera, beer, a warm sunny afternoon, what could be better?

I bought mine for macro but find I use it for much more. It's a great lens and you have got it for a song!

As with all lenses, a hood is good protection, shades the front element to stop loss of contrast from side light and makes the lens look cool. It can stop you bumping into things when doing macro shots as well!

Don't forget a tripod is very helpful for stopping movement on those real close ups. Took me a while to realise that when your depth of field is so small, as it is on macro shots, the small back and forward movements your body causes makes the image move out of focus.

I'm sure you'll enjoy the new lens.

It certainly didn't look like this last weekend!
Was still cold but mainly due to the wind driven rain!!

Super shot Simon. You deserve the light, even if you live around the corner.

Still looking.