I've not got much, and nothing online, but send me a pm with your email address and I'll send you a couple.

G

I haven't used mine much, but it's quite good. When I first got it I posted a couple of pictures here which seemed to show purple fringing. I was photographing a pub with gold lettering on the building and a strong, low sun.

When I returned to the pub I saw that the gold lettering had a dark red border!

I got mine for £130.00 in perfect condition. Not much compared to an FA* 400mm.

G

Steve, I apologise unreservedly. But my answer was a tongue in cheek response to a rather silly series of posts, and I hope you will not now consider me to be ethically beyond the pale.

And anyway, remember what Disraeli said about statistics. Caveat lector.

G

PS: Talking about beautiful cameras, I consider the later pre-M Leicas to be rather lovely. Also the Pentax Spotmatic, MX and Super A are great examples of functional camera designs which are also aesthetically very pleasing.

I couldn't find a source, so I confess I made it up.

But I think it is probably pretty close to reality. Virtually all professional photographers now use digital, and from what I can see, so do the vast majority of SLR owners.

Large format landscape photography requires film, but there are not many large format landscape photographers. Other than that, the only pro's using film tend to be elderly gents who don't want to grapple with all the technology involved with digital.

I rather admire people who still stick to film, but it's for hobbyists only. Pro's can't afford it.

G

If you are going to come and post here, please take the trouble to keep up with what is going on in the modern world. This is 2006, not 1906. Pentax have already announced lenses with motors in them that will be available in the first half of next year.

http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/en/lens/roadmap.pdf

There really is no point in your posting when you clearly know absolutely nothing.

Now get it into your head:

98% of serous photographers use digital
80% of snappers use digital
35mm film is almost dead.
99% of digital photography is done using cameras with a sensor smaller than 35mm.
Canon is the only supporter of 35mm sized sensors, but these account for only 2.1% of its digital camera production.
Neither Pentax, nor Nikon, nor anybody else is going to produce a new DSLR with a 35mm-sized sensor. Olympus, Sony, inter alia, have gone with even smaller sensors than Pentax and Nikon.

Because so few people are now using film, and because Pentax is not going to produce a DSLR with a larger sensor, there is no point in NOT using DA lenses.

Now get real, face facts, and adjust your life accordingly. You have become VERY irritating.

G

PS: Anybody who thinks film isn't almost dead should look at the financial position of Agfa (dead), Ilford (almost dead), Kodak (almost dead), and Fuji (now making its money from digital).

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/default.php?cat=3&type=0&type=3030&m...

or:

http://tinyurl.com/ydtwvu

http://tinyurl.com/yy4tev

G

Apparently the battery is an NP 400, and can be had for £6.99.

G

The battery is identical to one used in Minoltas. Versions are available in America for about $20.00 I believe.

G

The one I dropped went into Pentax at Slough to have the top plate replaced - the hotshoe had been torn off (it had a flash on it at the time).

I asked for it to be serviced at the same time, and it came back with in lovely shape with a six months guarantee.

The other one has never been serviced, and shows no sign of needing one.

G