Robin, I've noticed you aren't a PU Plus member. The 70mm was definitely restricted, but the 31mm may not be, probably something to do with the ongoing fine tuning of the website.

You can definitely see the 70mm review on ePHOTOzine.

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Robin, go to the new Reviews tab at the top of the page and the two reviews are side by side.

Stefan, good question. There are different aspects to value for money. Given the quality of the lens, if we compare it with say an equivalent Leica (it is good enough to make a valid comparison) then it is superb value for money.

The caveat is that of course for many, the £1039 price tag will be totally out of reach and therefore a disadvantage is the high cost.

I don't see this as a contradiction, just an unfortunate fact of life. When I was starting out in photography as a keen 17 year-old such a lens as the 31mm would have been just a distant dream.

The first of the reviews is here:

https://www.pentaxuser.com/review/smc-pentax-fa-31mm-f-1-8-al-limited-lens-revie...

and also on ePHOTOzine.

Right in what way?

Most of these things seem to be confrontational for the sake of it, regardless of any rights and wrongs.

Thank you. It's odd, but probably quite a few British people do think that the Freanch eat frog's legs. If they don't, I wonder where it came from.

Things get passed on, but of course few of us actually check up on these things to see if they are, or even were, accurate.

To be honest, not many people call the French "frogs" either.

Please use English in the forums so everyone can understand what is being said.

Welcome, and don't worry, my riches are somewhat exaggerated and spent quickly enough!

As regards LBA, there is no known cure. Thankfully...

We are spoiled rotten by modern viewfinders. In the past the tiny, dim and hardly usable viewfinders were commonplace. The exception was the wonderful aerial image viewfinder of say the Voigtlander Bessamatic, which would be a revelation even today.

The Pentax pentaprism finder was just incredible and to this day remains one of the best available.

Waist level finders for 35mm cameras are not very effective because the focusing screen is just 36x24mm, far too small to be easily viewed.

Sigma reverse-engineer their lenses, avoiding licensing the various mount versions. As a consequence they don't always report properly, depending on the camera body involved.