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Whether those lenses are actually in stock is another matter. I ordered an FA 31 Ltd from them some months ago at a similarly tempting price only to discover that it didn't exist. They did apologise and arranged a refund reasonably promptly but even then the written communications were in broken English which really didn't inspire much confidence in the professionalism of the company. Maybe I'm old fashioned but I expect a business transaction with a UK company to be conducted in reasonably clear and grammatical English. I wouldn't completely rule out using them again but its worth exercising some caution and perhaps enquiring whether the lens is in stock before ordering.

I've belatedly seen these. Thank you for posting them. My beautiful wife passed away in January and I scattered her ashes in Nonsuch Park so it's an incredibly special place for me.

K3 arrived safely today looking brand new. Thanks Andrew.

Lens now sourced. Thanks!

Hi Andrew. PM sent.

Hi. Having been let down by Microglobe (I've learnt my lesson there) I'm in the market for an FA 77mm Ltd. if anybody has one for sale I'd be very interested.

Thanks

Thanks one and all for your comments and input. I think the 50-135 is a given for me. I'm interested in the number of people advocating the DA 16-50. I know that it's quality control problems are probably behind it but everything I've read suggests that optically it's little or no better than the Tamron 17-50 (I'm not too worried about weather sealing). I'm interested in the idea of the DA 15 to deal with the wide angle gap - especially with the current SRS deal!

One other question on some of the suggestions, would the DA 55 be likely to offer a significant improvement in IQ over the FA 50 1.7?

Hi,

I will shortly be receiving a lump sum of money and have a serious need to treat myself to something nice from part of it. As a consequence I'm looking at options to upgrade my lens collection. My main lenses (used on a K5 II) are;

Tamron 17-50 f2.8
DA 18-50 WR kit lens
DA35mm f2.4
FA 50mm f1.7
Tamron 18-250mm
DA 55-300

I was wondering what your thoughts where on how I could improve on the IQ this lot gives me (within reason my considerations will be based on IQ rather than price). I tend to shoot mostly portraits, landscapes and cityscapes and holiday walk around shots.

Given my relative lack of use of the long telephoto end of the range I suspect that the DA 55-300 is probably fine for my needs. I also love the FA 50 1.7 so that's a keeper. I've never been able to make up my mind on primes v zooms so I was thinking of keeping my options open by getting a wide and short telephoto prime to complement the DA35mm and FA50, a decent all-in-one (I don't trust the Tamron 18-250 - its pitiable in anything other than bright light and my copy is unusably soft at the wider focal lengths) and one or perhaps two high quality zooms. I like the Tamron 17-50 and would consider maybe pairing this with the DA 50-135 but I do experience an unusually high proportion of focusing mishaps with it so would also be open to an alternative good quality short zoom (the 16-85 looks interesting but then if I had that could I really justify the 50-135 given the overlap in focal length? This gets complicated!)

Oh, and a fisheye might be fun too - I had thought about the Samyang 8mm for starters.

Your thoughts and suggestions are welcome!