I really do get extremely bored and irritated with the negativity around Pentax lens options...

I use Nikon (D3 and D7100) - one is getting long in the tooth and the other has a pathetic buffer - and I am interested in the D810 and D500...To get the best out of them you need fantastic lenses....£800-£2000 and up. You may want to go for the budget lenses which is not recommended or the very expensive primes which require a photography derived income or lottery win. When you start to filter out the lens options for Nikon or Canon you then realise there are fewer options than there appears to be.

As for the K-1 being late....the D5 and D500 are late as well, Canon have a better knack at getting the stuff into the shops but then you get horror stories from the early adopters.....

How on earth is the macro still available? If it wasn't for the fact that I already have the D-FA version I would have gone for this when it was first advertised...

Until the arrival of the K-3 Mk2 then yes, but now it lacks a lot of features that are standard at the price point....but if you don't want those features then the one aspect where it and the K-7 have been left behind is in noise and Dynamic range - the K-5 was such a huge step forward.

I owned one and loved it...

I wish the DA* 300 f4 came with the same finish and HUGE Pentax lettering on the hood... would stand out a lot more....

good luck with the sale.

Can we make this a sticky?

On lots of shows on TV and film we see actors using various cameras (different makes) but with the brand and model obscured. Many times it's easy to tell which brand and model. So why don't we just as a bit of fun inform each other which shows use Pentax models?

I'll start.

X-files - 1st series, just to satisfy my lusting for a younger Gillian Anderson - I often saw that when Fox Mulder was in surveillance zone in his camera he was using a PZ-1 plus 80-200 or 100-300. I think the show was too early for the PZ-1p, and the 'merican name for the Z-1 is the PZ-1.

Damn it Mike, you don't make it any easier for us sitting on the fence, I am used to getting splinters now.

I routinely use another forum to sell non-Pentax related gear - quite successfully. I have also sold Pentax-related gear on here.

I do prefer the model of the other forum (I think you must mean TP) where all the discussions are done in the forum thread, with the sale agreement clear to all, and only then does the buyer and seller go to PMs to communicate payment terms and addresses, plus tracking details. What I like is that, any offers or bids are up front, and that it prevents any bickering over who was first, and it helps set an offer price. I get irritated when I see 'PM sent' on a reply in here, especially when there is an item I am interested in, and the seller is putting several items for sale. Does the item relate to the item I would like?

TP have cracked down on their terms and conditions, you have to be an established member before interacting in the classifieds, and more recently if the admin team see that you are active only in the classifies then the privileges are revoked. The mods also step in if things get out of hand. But generally people keep themselves well behaved. The most annoying behaviours on here are:

other members having a go at the seller as they perceive them as only being on PU to sell items they have procured cheaply elsewhere.

some members querying the prices of items, when they have no intention of buying them, and then suddenly protest when people query their prices...'it's what it owes me'..

For selling Pentax related gear or buying something Pentax related (which you think is a good idea and never sees the light of day again) PentaxUser is king!

Fantastic! love them

still works Stu, but a trip to NuL may be necessary...

wouldn't describe the paint as 'worn off' anymore Neil