Well done on the judging Jo and congratulations to i-Berg for a deserved win.

Actually, I don't think it is fungus.

Fungus spreads in irregular patterns like a scrawl, this has regular "spokes" leading to a central hub. I reckon that lens has been dropped and two elements have seperated causing the cement between them to fracture - the lens has then yellowed to cause the pattern you see in the picture.

Either way I think it's fair to say the lens has seen better days...

Hi there,

Firstly, Samsung only ever did one version of the 18-55 so it's based on the Mk I.

The battery charger is the standard one and is fine for 220V/240V, it comes in two parts (charger and standard lead) and the lead has a UK 3 pin plug attached, so you'll either need an adapter or another lead - should be easy enough to obtain in any hardware store (I'm assuming Finland uses the same plug as the rest of mainland Europe but if I'm wrong I apologise).

As the kit isn't here for me to weigh I can't give an exact price for postage, you'd have to ask the owner to calculate that. I'd guess at somewhere in the region of £10-20 but he'd charge you the actual cost.

I know you can't send PM's yet but I believe you can receive them, so I'll send you his contact details via PM after I've finished this post and you can get in touch with him.

Final bump - it's all still available but if nobody has bought it by tomorrow (Thursday 01/04) evening then he's putting it on eBay.

Last chance to buy (effectively) an excellent K20D kit at a knockdown price...

I've got a 40 page full colour SFX brochure (not the manual) sat here looking for a good home. First person to PM me their address can have it (free).

Blow (nearly) the lot on an FA31

I'll ask him tomorrow but he's not been keen on the idea of splitting them up so far, as it's been nearly a week he may be more receptive now. Can't say for certain though as it's not mine to sell obviously...

Samsung have remade both the 18-55 and the 50-200 for their NX system - as there's no in-body stabilisation both the new lenses have it built into them instead. They won't work on a regular K-mount as the registration distance is too short (so no infinity focus).

And no, you won't be seeing a Pentax version...

It is indeed an enlarging lens by the sound of it. Useful for macro work on bellows but not for anything else really.

Get yourself a set of M42 bellows (the genuine Pentax ones are by far the nicest) and the M42-M39 adapter and you'll have the makings of a very nice macro set up.

Bump for a new week...