I agree. Maxing out on sharpness is great in certain situations but not always. Sometimes everything ends up looking too detailed, more than my brain wants to cope with. Who looks at a Monet and thinks, nah, too fuzzy. There is definitely a place for both.

If the 'upgrade' is (also?) a Tokina clone and it is that good then it is available to other systems' users too, in a cheaper version. I think Pentax needs unique lenses to be a player and to develop more of them.

I hope not, I can't see the point of a Tokina clone. A DA*12-28 (or 24) with weather sealing I would consider. If it were ff compatible then it would be at the top of my shopping list.

Are you selling this item here as a classified? Or does it have to be purchased via ebay? If you are offering it here are you going to offer a reduction for the ebay fees that you won't have to pay?

I have a Benbo Mark 1 and a Redsnapper. Both are excellent. I would sling the Redsnapper over the shoulder and put the Benbo in the car. I agree with Alan, if I did predominantly seascapes the Benbo woud be the choice.

The answer of course is the standard photographic response, you need them both.

I like fishy images to look properly fishy. The foregrounds look fishy enough. The backgrounds in the last two though look kind of normal with something strange going on.

I have seen decent results with the Q fisheye lens. I think for the price it's probably worth a play. One caveat for me would be the f5.6 meaning higher iso might be required for a lot of interior shots, where I think fisheyes can give good results. And in lower lighting I think higher iso on the Q is really pretty ropey. But for outdoors, why not.

The listing says no offers. What is your asking price for this forum please?

Well you could make a few quid towards the washing machine.

As far as I can see there is vertical and horizontal perspective distortion and some lens pincushion distortion. Symmetry would have been ideal but that's going to be very tricky now. I would try to level it up but it's going to leave those busts right at the edge of frame. I'd say do what you can so it's easier on the eye but don't go too far cutting off the busts.

The first one is almost there, a tweak on exposure and white balance maybe. It's a perfectly decent composition but the bridge is somewhat utilitarian and so not the most interesting. The scene is crying out for a bit of human interest imo.

For exactly those reasons I prefer the second take because the stark contrast accentuates the starkness of the scene. I think blowing the detail in the snow is the right thing to do, the texture in the snow isn't enough to make the scene anyway. Not so keen on the black band at the bottom.

Breaking the rules is good and I think the right choice here. The look is reminiscent of the Best Of Joy Division cover. Not in that league of course but I like it.