I still have my Mamiya 645 Pro SV kit plus some lenses, and it does get used, but nowhere near as much as I used to. When Mamiya announced the discontinuation of the film cameras I bought kit at knock-down prices....

The fact that film is anywhere between £5 and £7 is a bit of a disincentive to use it but I do really enjoy taking it out.

The very same, I didn't take a picture but I didn't see a price tag either....would be good to get it for the 'see-through' 35-70 to stick on the front of the K-5...

In Bruges (that's in Belgium in case you wondered )

See-through SFX body

I wonder how many of them are there.....

Pentax users know what they want - Canon and Nikon users don't know and rely on a spotty oik in Dixons to tell them

Welcome McGregNi

If I were you get the 14 or 15 DA lenses - designed specifically for Pentax DSLR - Canon and Nikon don't do anything like the DA 15 Ltd, anything else is bulky or old.....

lens has been spoken for by HappySnapper65, thanks Dave

Case and macro 1;1 adaptor are still available - great for a Sigma 70-300 DL/DG macro lens

Peter

I delete my rubbish and also-rans, if I've lost something that might be of value in many years time then it's 'c'est la vie!'

Much as I enjoy photography I find it useful to take the camera away from the eye, look at the scene and memorise - so many times I see people who don't look at the bigger picture and miss out on other things....

Yes, but I'm trying to make the point that compared to Pentax at the price point we're used to other makes do not offer anything better....I have the Nikkor 300 and Pentax 300mm f4 lenses, yes the Nikkor is faster to achieve focus but the DA* is sharper - to get better you have to spend, spend, spend...

Back to the original topic, I am quite disturbed about the 'fact' that the K-x is a poor camera for nature photography, many people on here will tell you that a K-x with a 55-300 lens is a superb combination. Why change when so called 'experts' inform you that because you have a Pentax you have a poor camera...

Yes, I am interested....but I am astonished about the Canon and Nikon glass snobbery, in either range affordable longer glass is not a given....£1000 or so gives you 300mm f4 for P&C&N, and 400 f5.6 for Canon, if you want longer or faster you are looking at north of £4000....Comparing a Nikkor or Pentax 300mm - I know which one's sharper and it's the one with SDM

M is a manual focus lens Janice, it will work with the K10D...it just does not have the electrical contacts - doesn't mean it doesn't work.

Check the manual because you can use older lenses - use of aperture....someone will come along and give more details - the 'F' variant is the first autofocus 50 mm lens and it's excellent...between the M and the F was the A (which had electric contacts)....

SDM does work on the K10D - just need the firmware up to date

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