I don't think it offends anyone, but I don't see any evidence for it either. When you see all the stuff that is coming out where do you see the downside?

KS-1, KS-2, 70-200mm, 150-450mm, QS-1, 560mm, 1.4x AW, K-3, 18-50mm AW,....and so on. All good stuff, extending the range.

What do you want to buy that isn't there?

I think, as always, there's more to things than meets the eye. After all, Pentax do co-operate with at least Tamron and Tokina. We know they do because they sometimes co-design lenses. I am sure that last thing we need is a new mount. One of the strengths of the Pentax system is the backwards compatibility, which puts most other marques to shame.

The Tamron Adaptall mount was a brave idea, but of course that was manual focus, not AF. It also had problems because the degree of accurate register could be a bit variable due to manufacturing tolerances. A fixed mount lens is intrinsically more accurate.

We will be buying some things over the coming months and we went to see what ideas there were.

Photo books, albums, printing services, royalty free music and of course the 150-450mm lens. Loxley Colour had a good stand and even had a display of Harris Tweed albums. It merged perfectly with my Harris Tweed jacket - I think I must have disappeared for a moment as I walked past the display.

You'll need to make sure the lenses you user are full frame, or at least full frame enough to make usable. Some of the APS-C lenses do actually cover enough.

With an ME Super the M series lenses are absolutely ideal, the A series equally so but a bit more bulky and pricey. The AF lenses are also usable but don't have that silky smoothness when focusing manually.

All the film cameras are usable in the same way, regardless of our skill level, but if you want something light and compact then the ME Super screams out at us.

The main problem is that these are getting quite old now and the electronics may or may not still be OK. Light seals are also suspect and may have to be changed, not a problem to do but make sure it is done before the camera ends up full of black sludge from the old decaying ones.

Buying in eBay is tricky but if you do get a good one, then the ME Super will be a dream to use.

I had no difficulty whatsoever getting that 150-450mm out of its case!

Welcome home!

More, that is, than those in my blog: http://www.ephotozine.com/user/johnriley1uk-22471/blog/sue-and-me-at-the-nec-105...






Sorry we had to change our day to Saturday, originally we were going on Sunday. But I can at least tell you that it's worth the trouble, so hope everyone gets there and enjoys it as much as we did!

Here's the blog: http://www.ephotozine.com/user/johnriley1uk-22471/blog/sue-and-me-at-the-nec-105...

For various reasons, we had to decide at short notice and we went today. It was excellent, much better than previous years, the Pentax stand showed what we needed and was also excellent.

I'll be doing one of my blogs in a while to show some of the things we saw.