Well I had a moment so I've put the auctions in place. These are all in superb condition, so I am hopeful they will do well. Here are some prices, all of which include insured delivery to anywhere in the world. There are a few places I won't post to, the usual suspects so to speak.

MV + 35-70mm £45.00
MZ-3QD + 28-90mm £185.00
*ist + 28-80mm £160.00
DA* 300mm £800.00

Offers are welcome, but please bear in mind you will be unlikely to find examples of these items as pristine as these.

OT post removed, please keep to the buying/selling process.

In the next day or so I will be putting up some Pentax auctions for some pristine gear on eBay. If anyone wants to pre-empt that with an offer, then these are the items:

Pentax MV + SMC Pentax-A 35-70mm f4
Pentax MZ-3QD + SMC Pentax-FA 28-90mm f3.5-5.6
Pentax *ist + SMC Pentax-FAJ 28-80mm f3.5-5.6 AL
SMC Pentax-DA* 300mm f4

I haven't set prices for these yet, but I will be doing later on. In the meantime, some thinking time for any interested parties!

All items are as "as new" as it's possible for used items to be.

Whatever is shot in the camera is kept untouched, filed under its date and place. Any modified files go into a new folder, suitably named for the purpose that is intended.

Indeed so Alan.

I think we can already see who may well be buying the Q, and indeed who are very unlikely to.

Bret, I've removed it temporarily - would you explain why you say that? Is there a problem with the site linked to?

Generally, people don't value second hand bags too much, so I've managed to collect a number of Pentax bags at quite low cost. I am still looking for a Speedbag M, but I did manage to find an original Spotmatic-era Speedbag.

I'm thinking of buying the new Jill-e handbag for Sue.

Welocme to the forum! You could look at these from SRS:

http://www.srsmicrosystems.co.uk/c/117/Pentax-Camera-Cases.html

I use a Billingham Hadley Pro bag, but of course there's no Pentax logo on it. I do have a collection of bags with the Pentax logo, so an ebay search may bring up some of the bags that have been available in the past.