OK, I have now found it, but not in "Digital Cameras". Perhaps that classification doesn't exist in Portugal.

G

I don't know why, but this is what a search reveals:

"0 items found for Pentax K10d body + Sandisk 2GB"

G

Are you quite sure?

It's not showing up. Have you named it correctly?

G

The K10D is now available brand new with a full guarantee from a reputable shop for £399.00. I doubt if you will sell this to a UK buyer for much more than £300.00, carriage included.

G

Oi! What are you doing at home on a Friday night? Thought you might like to try going down to the pub.

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Thanks for that tip, Chris. Very useful.

Dry them failry quickly, in an airing cupboard, and they'll (probably) be fine.

G

Because wide-angle is another extreme. 50mm is in the middle, like a sort of optical Liberal.

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It is, and so, to a degree, am I. But poor weather = poor light = poor pictures.

Physically, the lens is a bit garish for my taste, with all the gold lettering everywhere. It's made of plastic, so it lacks the reassuringly solid feel of a metal lens. It's also my first lens with the floating focus ring, which somewhat disconcertingly keeps turning after you have reached the end of the scale.

So it doesn't provide the tactile appeal of an SMC Takumar, or a Limited lens.

When I first put it on the camera the focussing was noisy and not especially quick. Then I realised that my new K10D was still running version 1 of the firmware. Updating that resulted in smooth and very quiet focussing. It almost seems to be hydraulic rather than mechanical.

In use, the lens looks very bright through the viewfinder, and apart from the fact that I keep mistaking the focussing ring for the zoom ring, it all seems to work very well.

As for image quality, it's too early to say. The only pictures I have taken were illuminated by the cold, flat, light that usually accompanies rain in these parts. I don't think it's going to compete with the Limiteds, but it would be remarkable if it did.

Apart from the fact that the masts of boats shot against the sky exhibiited a bit of CA (as you would expect on most lenses), I can't find much wrong with it. It's sharp enough, and the linked picture, which is a JPEG saved from a RAW file with no adjustments whatsoever, is satisfactory given the conditions.

http://tinyurl.com/2v873j (Warning - full size file, 5Mb)

So I'm sorry not to sound too excited, but I am sure that when I have a chance to put it through its paces it won't disappoint.

G

PS: Some interesting news on my K10D problem will soon appear under troubleshooting.

..........has arrived. But the sun has gone, and it's wet and windy.

G

..... hasn't arrived yet.

But that's because I am incarcerated on a remote crag in the middle of the Irish Sea. A sort of British Alacatraz, or perhaps Robben Island.*

But surely somebody who lives closer to Watford must have one by now.

If so, let's hear about it.

G

*Just joking. It's a lovely place. When it's not blowing a gale.