A German magazine has done a test on the new 16-50* lens, in comparison to other Pentax lenses.
It is currently being discusse on dpreview apparently (not my source).
You can view the test photos here:
http://www.photonenjaeger.de/16-50/31_16-45_16-50_24-90_28-70.png

Interested to hear your comments, especially those of you who already have this lens.

It is 'het' forum Pwynnej! You get used to it after a while, and it's not as bad as German .

Hello Roger,
welkom op het forum, welcome to the forum. Another member from the Netherlands!
They are a nice bunch here (mostly ). I like Joep!

Since Pentax Europe haven't dropped the proce like Pentax UK he got a bargain. New price here is around 500 pounds. We do get a two year guarantee in Holland but not sure that makes the price difference worth it.

You can get a cheap flight from leeds Bradford to Schiphol and be in the Hague in a couple of hours
I only have fine Limburg beer in my fridge at the moment, oh, and some Hoegaarden in case it warms up again.

You need to fork out for digital cable - then you'll be able to enjoy Hawkwind too. I haven't yet forked out for it - too many music programmes on BBC4 that the OH will want to watch. Make a change from sport though!

http://tinyurl.com/yoooef

Never been but would love to go. One of these years maybe....

That's two months longer than my niece's

I did the photos for my eldest son's wedding. I enjoyed it as it got me more involved in things than the groom's mother usually is but it was stressful and I vowed never again!

Thanks for the diary Pete!

Thanks for the advice guys - I'm still thinking about it. I can see he'll want the Bigma all the time but I like the idea of him being more amenable to new goodies once he has a Pentax - he'll be wanting his own K10D next
I will hide all his guitars for the evening and try to have a talk about it tonight.

photo*ist - never have a problem with the remote in our house - he rarely watches TV unless it's sport, and then the remote stays by him until he falls asleep. Strangely the golf/rugby/tennis/footie/whatever then turns into another pogramme or the off button

Well I am working on the Oh for my K10d. His idea is that I get the K10D and he takes over the *ist DS. But that would mean sharing lenses with him, as we can't afford to duplicate lenses.
Do any of you have two Pentaxes that you share with your partner? Do you share lenses? If so does it lead to problems?
I'm a bit reluctant as I am afraid he will become a lens hog. He is already a bit of a photo opportunity hog - grabbing the best place and taking loads of photos leaving me with little or no chance or inclination to take any - he did it on safari and I know he will do it on future trips.
Any ideas? Or do I just hang on to the Ds for a while longer and leave him to his Canon S2?