What makes me hesitate is that there are several types of Tamron 90mm - I wouldn't want to assume the one on offer will work OK with the Adaptall 2 mount.

Someone here might actually have one, so we may get a definitive reply.

Can't be sure about that. Do you have a Pentax fit Adaptall 2 mount as there isn't one with the lens.

You might be better looking for a manual focus Pentax macro lens which will be much more compact and will be sure to work 100% correctly.

I've said many times that there are some great people working for Jessops, knowing some of them as Sue used to be an Assistant Manager there. They made all their AM's redundant a while ago, which did not exactly endear them to us, but nonetheless they still don't deserve to be "bashed" in a way that is determined to find fault with everything they do!

They are losing a lot of money and can't afford to be everything to everybody at this time. It may be that the market has moved on from their style or indeed that they have strayed from the path, but either way they are not in the best of shape and no doubt doing what they can to correct that.

There has to an obvious answer.

If you are using Photoshop then select the crop tool. In the top bar set 15cm wide and 10cm high (for a horizontal image) and 300 pixels/inch. Then use the crop tool and you will automatically resize correctly - just draw out the crop area until it virtually fills the frame. Fine tune the position of the cropped area using the up/down/left/right arrows on the keyboard.

Billingham Hadley Large.

On that basis there's not much point fretting too much about Jessops.

A camera ought to able to take any 70-210mm lens with ease, but you do need a sturdy tripod so it doesn't cause more shake than hand holding.

There is a similar lens for the 67.

Unfortunately with a DSLR you get a cropped image - it's the smaller sensor that causes this. A full frame DSLR would work.

For larger formats taping the original to a lighbox is another method, but you have to be very careful and precise to get a good result.

There may be special arrangements in place as well that support the stock levels in the stores. Not every manufacturer will be able to reach a suitable agreement with a retailer.

All retail organisations major on particular lines. If they tried to do everything then it would become unmanageable.