At least you know where it came from now and it didn't drop out of somewhere else important!!

Brave man!

Sometimes the click's on lens aperture rings are provided by a ball bearing pushed by a spring. They may use the same arrangement to give the clicks to the focus mode switch.

Just a guess but it may work the same way and would have dislodged when the switch was removed.

Vivitar arrived safe and if fine condition.

Thanks Graham.

pm sent re 28mm

Lens arrived Safe and sound.

And now to play.....

Thanks Dave.

[davem said] try for a ccs used holster[/quote]I use CCS gear myself, Don't think you can beat it. The design actually hold the camera better, all the others are just copies. Actually I have about 6 CCS holsters at the moment.

I have a spare Warthog if you are interested. Hardly used/ like new. Got it in a bundle with another one that I wanted last week. It is a duplicate of the one I am currently using with my K5, I don't need two of the same one. Drop me a PM if you are interested.

PM sent.

Of course the wind still causes a problem with any multiple shot combining technique, the leaves and flowers end up in different places!

I'd second a vote for the 16-45,

It's a big upgrade on the 18-55. Constant F4, Close focus , Much better IQ. The difference between 18mm and 16mm is very useful. You have other lenses to cover the 45-55mm area. One of the best value Pentax lenses. You would have to spend a lot more to better the 16-45.

Might be a bit more than £130 but should be less than the sigma 10-20.

This link may allay your fears with regard to the Pentax AF200T . link

There is a list of flashguns and lots of information about the possible problems.