Yes indeed.

It was an idea that seemed fair to float to see what people thought, and the consensus seems clear enough.

The lens is compact. The bayonet stayed the same and all lenses from Pentax are compatible, in terms of fitting anyway.

SMC Pentax K lenses, only marked SMC Pentax by the way, were the original bayonet lenses introduced with the KM, KX and K2 cameras in 1975. They were basically bayonet versions of the final SMC Takumar screw thread lenses.

SMC Pentax-M lenses (and marked as such) were introduced with the compact ME and MX SLRs and are suitably compact to take advantage of the size reduction. These are largely new designs although some are the same optically as the previous series.

There have been quite a few 135mm lenses, including SMC Pentax-A versions. Whereas the K and M lenses have the plain bayonet mount, the A series introduced the electronic contacts that are still with us today.

You can't take images directly in black and white, they will always be colour. The BW filter on the camera will convert your image and produce a new BW file in addition to the original colour one.

Already done, no problem.

Not my area, but I'll pass the message on for you.

No, of course you don't.

I did offer one a while back and it was even advertised in Pentax User, but there were no takers for a very full day of activities.

Locations may be the problem - just how far will people travel and are those in range the ones who will benefit.

ePHOTOzine, which I assume you mean, is the sister site to this one and has forums that are not Pentax specific.

I think Scott you should stop posting now, eventually the system will catch up no doubt.

Private messages on this forum are exactly what they say they are, that is, private. Sometimes recipients find it difficult to resist sharing, but that's another matter.