Jane71, it might be worth your while to offer an escrow service, to reassure potential buyers who might be concerned about buying from Slovenia.

I have the Pentax 1:1.2 and the 31mm, so I am afraid I am not in the market, but good luck.

I have bought and sold here on a number of occasions, and never had a problem.

Suspicions are often groundless. In one case, a somewhat colourful member of the forum, with whom I had had a number of run-ins, advertised a flash on Ebay, which I placed a winning bid on.

When we both realised who the other party was I had a nervous couple of days, but the flash arrived in good order, and we got on rather better thenceforward.

I think it's fairly clear from the name of the section that the site has no involvement in any transactions resulting from an advertisement in it, and I don't really feel any changes are necessary.

BTW, those who frequently criticise the administration of this site are free to find another. No law forces Pentax owners to use Pentax User.

Does JR only write glowing reviews?

G

The first is quite gorgeous, and the second ain't half bad.

It's true that the 35mm is not much worse than the 31mm, and it's also much smaller.

G

I agree about the pics. Excellent.

It's a pity that the review of the K30 on this site uses the kit lens. All camera body tests should be conducted using the best possible lens (which means one of the FA Ltds), and all lenses should be tested on the best possible body. Anything else is unfair to both.

Of course, it's useful to include a few pics of the body and kit lens to show what the combination can do, but most people have other lenses and probably other bodies.

G

I keep finding I have more in common with G Reynolds than I ever imagined.

Although to be fair to Danny Boyle, the opening ceremony (from what I have heard) seems to have had very little to do with the Olympics at all, and was in consequence much the better for it.

G

Cash-backs are for things that aren't selling.

G

Two points.

First. Not many pros used Pentax even in the days of the LX, arguably the best 35mm FSLR of all. It's highly unlikely that many are going to jump ship to a 135-format Pentax DSLR.

Second. The profit margin on medium format gear is high. The sales volumes may be low, but the impact on the bottom line is potentially considerable.

G

PS: I'll believe this pig when I see it fly past my window.

It's possible another website suddenly burst into song at the same time, and I thought it was yours.

Anyway, good effort, and apologies for suggesting you were pandering to de yoot.

G

I said subject to duty. In some cases the duty is zero, but all imports from outside the EU are subject to duty (with a few special exceptions).

However, duty is very small on most things nowadays, thanks to GATT, and we can expect duties to fall further or disappear.

Not so with VAT, unfortunately. I should be unsurprised to see the return of differential rates of VAT, with "luxuries" attracting a higher rate.

G