I'm sure that looking at the sun through a camera isn't good for human eyes either. Focusing the sun's rays onto a sensor will be like using a magnifying glass to set a piece of paper alight. Not good for anything but the briefest of exposures.

Why not check out eBay and have a look at some completed auctions. This will give you a very good idea of the price range.

Long lenses are not essential for all wildlife photography. I know someone who takes stunning close-ups of Kingfishers using a 100mm lens. He just knows how to go about it.

Gwyn, I can't believe you're 600.....

What that means is that something non-Pentax but of interest to the Pentax community can be linked to, but not posted in the forum as an image. A link takes us somewhere else, to another website. If it's relevant, that's fine. If it's an advert for Nikon DSLRs then it's not.

We should all know by now that the site is intended for Pentax images and discussion, but common sense always prevails. If you're selling your Pentax kit you just might take pictures of it on your iPhone, for example. That would be allowed as a picture.

If there's anybody who has any real doubts as to what it's all about, then by all means PM me.

We know what it means though.

You can use third-party lenses on Pentax bodies, no problem. Also included are the Samsung DSLRs and lenses that were made by Pentax.

Other makes of compact are of course excluded, as are other marques of DSLR.

Somebody somewhere is going to ask what happens if we put a Pentax lens on a Canon body, but I'll leave that one to common sense!

All these are nice cameras and will give excellent results. A K-r plus lenses would be my choice if keeping costs down. It's an superb camera.

This is still Pentax User and the policy remains unchanged.

What may happen in the future is just speculation.

There has been no change in policy and we have added a new clause 3g to the Terms of Use specifically mentioning that images should be Pentax-only.

Hope that clarifies things.