All it says is 50 mm f1.4, could be any lens.....

In AP's defence. it is more readable than Digital Camera or Practical Pornography these days, even then you don't get as many scantily clad ladies in PP as you used to in the good old days.

I can go from cover to cover with DC and PP in 10-15 minutes, I get a lot more out of AP, and Outdoor Photography is the best for me. Time to rethink my subscriptions I think... especially when the best macro lens for a Pentax according to DC is the Samyang (not having tested the D-FA 100 WR) - maybe they weren't given a lens to test.

Digital camera does a good review of the K-1 Mk2 - not bad for a magazine where Pentax is invisible (just like PP)...

Stories about the demise of Pentax have been circulating for as long as I have been taking photos

'slow to adopt AF'
'slow to adopt digital'
'slow to adopt this' 'slow to adopt that'

Pentax might be a very small player in a field where you have big hitters such as Canon and Nikon, yet at the price point Pentax compete at there is hardly anything better.

read some reports and you'll believe Nikon will go to the wall, yet the D500 and D850 are hugely popular.

Pentax will be around for a long time yet. But if the whole concern goes belly up, our cameras will still work.

Kudos for admitting to the fungus issues, sadly it is something that can worsen....Like Mike we have lenses we love but use very sparingly - my Limiteds and FA primes get little use, as do my Nikkor primes (except the 300) and I worry what long term storage does (even when taking precautions).

Fabulous, not a disciple of Doug Chinnery or Valda Bailey are you? I like all of them, but most of all I like 5.

I'll have to check my paperwork, my DFA Macro came from Osaka I think - perks of working for a japanese company...

I guess he will hold out for >€2500 as it is a wanted lens. If money was no object I'd bid that much and go and collect it.

Alternatively, look for deals for flights to Tokyo. When I went the shop I got my FA77Ltd from was very well stocked with FA* glass.

Cost of shipment and insurance will be an important factor (unless Fred happens to live in North Holland), hence the Tokyo suggestion

Another vote of confidence for Pramath at Brentford.

It will cost £150 or thereabouts to get it repaired but he does check the motors before fitment as he told me that he has received faulty batches which he returned. All lenses checked and returned. Fixed my FA*28-70 too.,...

There are ways to convert the lens to screwdrive, but seeing as fully functioning lenses fetch around £350-400 nowadays you wonder whether it is worth the while getting the lens repaired with a worry it will go kaput again but balance that againt knowing you have a defective lens already.......... I spent the £150.

pssst I already mentioned the Sigma 17-35 on page 1. I pondered over this when getting the *ist D but ended up with the 15-30 EX.....however wasn't long before I got the DA*16-50, so it didn't get much use.