with the lens Lenny???

I was about to buy one when my 16-50 first failed, it was in Jessops (Mk1) in Richmond. Before passing the money I asked to check it on a camera and it failed to work....

what blights the lens even further that it's SDM only, no option for screw drive...

....and realistically priced from the outset, I've never known Mike to say 'it's what it owes me..'

very nice!

Used to live in Ripon and visit FA quite often, not changed a bit since I left in 2003.

Really nice set of images.

My experience is that my FA*/DA* zooms are so good that it's just so easy to use those and leave the small primes behind. Even when I do take the primes they are often unused.

Sometimes I make a point of just taking the FA /FA*/FA Ltd and leave the zooms at home so I have to adopt a different mindset which is absolutely refreshing. You take more time considering the composition.

If you don't already have a 35 ish prime lens then there is nothing to lose by buying one, a great travel companion (FA used on my K-1 is a joy). If you already have the FA or 31 Ltd then there's no point changing in my view (especially when I only paid £200 for my FA) for the HD.

It would be lovely though if a 1.4 appeared.

So go for it

9880 is a Marsh Tit? Beautiful shots Mike.

The stand last year at the NEC was well placed and organised....still debating whether to go this year or not.....

lightweight tripod is top of my list for the time being.

I am just going to wait what happens with the APS-C line of cameras - whether to stick with my DA/DA* lenses or just rationalise my SA/DA*/FA* zooms to the 24-70 and 70-200 (5 lenses into two.....), the K-3 is such a nice walk-about camera I'd be sad if I had to explore other systems if the high-end APS-C is abandoned by Ricoh. Surely the DA*11-18 has to be followed up by such a beast....

Would seem like a complete waste of time bringing out a new DA* lens (11-1 if they are not going to follow it up with a serious APS-C camera