It looks like the 21mm Limited DA lens could be the one for you.

I am surprised that you think the 18-55mm is bulky though.

Ironically, the K-x is more expensive than the K20D at SRS, according to the advert in the new issue of AP, based on body-only prices.

I'll go along with the professionals's views, but perhaps without being so dogmatic!

Things change all the time.

I was looking at the SRS advert in the new AP that arrived today. It seems things are rebalancing now.

K7 Body £889
K7 + 18-55mm WR £909

Looks good to me. It especially looks good when you consider the price on an invoice I have in front of me, dated April 2001 and for a Canon ES30E + 28-90mm lens. Would you believe £549.90? And we complain about the price of a K20D?

Probably in the long term Digital might be greener because of the continued film processing and printing chemical disposal. As regards camera manufacture, maybe film cameras cost less Carbon to make.

I don't think we can count much recycling cost for quality cameras as they last a very very long time on the second hand market.

Home printing will be greener as we wouldn't have the Carbon cost of heating another building (the shop) as opposed to the houses we already live in.

Do I care - yes, because I hate waste. We've always recycled as much as possible, but not in any sort of extreme way. Individually we can all make a difference by being sensible. This does not mean putting the requirements of human beings last in the queue!

Collectively I'd like to see the science being looked at more objectively, because much of the furore about green issues is not as clear cut as many would like to think.

I think there are a couple of faulty memories there!

120 is a roll film size that you would use in the Pentax 645 and 67 cameras.

126 is the 35mm-wide cartridge film that gave square exposures. Used in a lot of Kodak Instamatic cameras and two SLR systems from Zeiss Ikon and Rollei.

110 is the tiny cartridge film using 16mm wide film and is used in the Pentax 110 system.

The most superb wide angle for Pentax DSLRs is of course the 12-24mm f4, which is an outstanding lens.

There has never been a 30-70mm lens. The site davex linked to must be an error and the lens will be a 35-70mm, of which there are several versions.

I really doubt you'll see any improvement over the K100D. I suspect you'll see less subtelty and more noise at all levels.

I realise it's not the only factor involved here though.

Good point Peter.

Proper photographic cold continuous lighting is one thing, but domestic bulbs are really quite poor.

Tungsten light actually had quite a lot of advantages which are now being withdarwn from availability!