The second of the Limited lens reviews is now up on EPZ:

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/smc-pentax-fa-43mm-f-1-9-limited-lens-review-1...

The 18-55mm WR is actually very good and also has that magically useful WR feature.

Why not look to broadening your repertoire rather than repeating it, although the 18-135mm would be tempting as it does increase the reach whilst still being a WR lens. It also has the DC motor.

I might think of a fast prime for low light use, that could be the 35mm f2.4, at a very modest cost.

Then I would look at something longer and the 55-300mm could be ideal.

In this way you won't spend a fortune, you'll have some really good lenses and you'll extrend the sort of photography you can do.

If it's still a problem, reactivate your report and add another message. If you find any problem doing that, let me know and I'll activate it for you.

I have owned the 40mm, but I've never run it through the testing regimen. It was, subjectively, a superb lens but one that didn't really gel with me for focal length. 60mm 35mm-equivalent was a bit long for a standard lens.

In this respect, the 35mm and 31mm sit more comfortably, for me, but it does depend very much on your photographic style.

Are you a wide angler or a telephoto user by nature?

As per the message I've left you! Excellent, simple site, just right.

The message sent OK, but the anti-spam was a lucky guess as it's almost unintelligible.

It's early days yet for splitting the sections into Reviews and Articles - if you've found a glitch then a report to IT will enable them to look into it.

That's brave.

We love lenses, don't we? Well I do anyway.

Sometimes the desire for a lens though can be greater than its actual usefulness. So the question is, of all the lenses you've been tempted to buy, which has been the most useful and which the least useful?

My most useful: SMC Pentax-DA 16-45mm f4

My least useful: SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f1.4

Well done, great choice, the 12-24mm is an exceptional lens.

We're not far away from my answer to your question, but whatever the 77mm test reveals, if I was so reluctant to give up the 70mm I think that in itself says something very positive about that lens....