I'm not sure what is meant by Pentax's current situation. New owners who have plans to add some serious investment sounds OK to me....

I think he'll make up his own mind though - beware "selling" anything because if it goes wrong guess who'll get the blame....

I'd just suggest he has a good look at all the options before being swayed by advertising. Check up on tests online and in magazines, handle the products in a shop. There's no guarantee that any choice will prove to be his long term choice, but if it is the right choice it might save a lot of swapping about later.

It's usually telephoto lenses that focus beyond infinity, if such a place exists, simply because of expansion and contraction of the lens barrel causing a focus shift. So they don't really focus beyond infinity, it's just that the position of infinity changes slightly with temperature changes.

Smaller lenses and wider angles don't really have the same facility as the effect is too small to cause a problem.

Cash is actually prohibited by eBay, plus there's no evidence you've been paid and have sent the goods, so beware.

Whatever you wrote in your auction is the binding agreement, so if you said PayPal only then it's PayPal only.

You are best to follow the rules properly, so he has four days to pay after which you can file a case to end the transaction. For the details, check the T&Cs on the website.

Issue an invoice. Then you really need to allow four days before issuing a reminder invoice. If I don't get a response to the second invoice I start a non-paying bidder case. They almost always pay then, but if they don't they will get a non-paying bidder strike against them.

You really have no way to hurry the buyer at this point and trying to do so could be classed as harrassment. I think it's safer to be patient, difficult though that may be.

Discerning collector....hmm I like that.

Lens buying of course...we can see on this forum how fashions come and go as the mood shifts. We've had a time when the 50mm f1.4 was the lens to buy, then the 35mm f2.4, and so on. There must have been hundreds of 100mm macro lenses flying off the shelves. It just needs the price to be right.

My problem is I'll buy a lens and think I might sell it on, but then I don't want to...so I end up with more lenses than I need. I'm being Very Good at the moment and rationalising. A bit at a time anyway.

So the problem is, I have no indecision when buying, but quite a lot when selling. I suppose admitting it is an important first step....

Whatever you buy there's always the possibility of getting a fault, but whatever the problem was it's not to be expected.

Why not just order another one, preferably from SRS so you get the 2 year guarantee?

If you put the items for sale in the Classified Ads section of the forum it will get noticed better.

Unfortunately the salesman has to have some real knowledge to advise properly, and that can be quite rare.

The K-r is an improvement over the K-x and I would buy it in preference, but if we were looking to save money then the K-x would do very nicely anyway.

Lens being held for prospective purchaser until 12 noon on Tuesday.

I have just tested the one I've received against the 16-45mm f4 and the 31mm f1.8 Limited and its performance is well up to standard. It's very similar to the one I tested for EPZ a while back.

Definitely worth its 4.5 star rating.