Very well done.

Quite an achievement, very well done.

Yes, wonderful.

Exceptional.

Superb set, 5 is my pick although my favourite is a flickr one not posted - a 'split' over boats.

I find my DA12-24 indispensable for landscapes. I supplement it with a K35mm and M50mm which slip easily in the bag and I find it a very versatile combination.

Stitching is a good option for motionless subjects, but wouldn't work where there is a fair degree of motion in the landscape, water, clouds, vegetation, people, etc. I also particularly like long exposures.

I also find 12-24 covers a very wide range and I wouldn't want to be constantly swapping a 14 and 21 at the seafront for instance.

Interesting. I can't make head nor tail of those reviews which are all numbers, statistics and graphs. Me I'm a simpleton and I just look at the piccies.

I was really thinking of what is the best value for money lens at market value, rather than a particular bargain found. So I would compare my K35 at £75 (the recent price here) versus a M501.7 at £30. I have some 50f1.7's and an f2,but have I've not used a f1.4 or 1.2. My 35 blows the 50 1.7 away and so I think is better value.

The comparison with the DAL35mm f2.4 is interesting, since the second hand prices are probably comparable. I haven't seen that many pictures with that lens, but of those I have seen I would say that it excels for portraiture.

What got me thinking about this lens was Frogfish's poll on favourite/most used lenses. The K35 didn't even feature in any of the categories, which I found surprising since I consider it both stunningly good and pretty cheap, a well kept secret perhaps. If I were forced to keep only one lens from my collection it would probably be the K35.

I have the 1.7 and 55-300, as yet untested. I will fire off some shots and deliver my verdict.

Here are some images I took yesterday with the K Series 35mm f3.5. I think they nicely demonstrate the capabilities of this lens (although they were handheld and I could get them a bit sharper). I might make them into a triptych when I work out how.

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The lens cost me £30 odd. One recently went on here for £75, which is probably a fair market value.

I find this lens absolutely excels in many ways, sharpness, colour reproduction, lack of CA.

My question: Is the K35mmf3.5 the best value Pentax lens in the catalogue?