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wow thanks for all the feed back guys!

lol oh sorry. Budget per lens would be about 150-200...

Hey Everyone. Im a college student on a budget. I currently have the Pentax k10d with the DA 18-55 kit lens as well as a 70-300 Quantaray Telephoto/Macro

I was looking at some of the FA and older film lenses and other primes. Knowing that the k10d can take any K mount lens... what Good but cheaper lenses from the past production lines can I use with good results. I am looking for a Prime in the 50mm region as well as a better wide angle lens to sub in for the kit lens. Any suggestions? Oh and I also was thinking about an older fish eye and a macro lens. Any help is greatly appreciated!

sigh.... I didnt mean for my thread to create such a stir.

but here is the link to my online photo account if anyone wants to see more....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/iceemn360/

wow very interesting indeed

lol thanks for the reassurances... i knew something was a little off..

I went into a camera store today an heard some chatting about the shaky stance and future of pentax. Something about balancing sales of SLR and point shoots as well as advertising. Perhaps once synonymous with SLR... it seems like Pentax may be falling to the wayside? I was also told that my Pentax K10D is very very obsolete?! which I found difficult to belive. Yet this makes me worried. I love my pentax and would hate to see Pentax or its products go down hill. Is there any truth to this?

lol thanks I love my redeyes

cool thanks. as for the location. Im from San Francisco CA in the united states. The butterfly photos were taken at the pacific science center in Seattle Washington.