The US forums published a review of it recently. Their reviews tend to be poor and very biased but this one seemed fairly reasonable from what I read. I think the biggest point against it was poor performance at 40mm.

Horrendous behaviour from a member of the police.

Happy New Year everyone - the annual "Pentax is doomed" season has begun!

69 quid is a rip-off. I paid thirty and they came with an MZ-30. Extension tubes with electrical contacts are not very rare and it shouldn't be hard to find a full set for half that price.

Even cheaper would be a macro reversing ring if you have a good, manual 28 or 35mm lens.

I've seen these used in Asia where humidity levels are high and it makes sense there. For most people in Europe I think it would be unnecessary, but obviously there will be exceptions.

A closed bag is a very bad idea as it has little air circulation and no light - add a little humidity and it's perfect for fungus to grow.

Shelves.

I have the same lens and it is indeed a good one. I don't know if John or another mod can correct the thread title to show f/2.0 instead of f/2.8, as this might help considerably in selling the lens.

I've been told several times that my (metal) tripod is fine, despite having spikes. I don't like to test it though.

DPR caters for people who are willing to go through every word of a 20-page review to check for minor differences between models. The problem is that their reviews are far too detailed, which allows them to review only a small portion of new cameras. They would do far better to offer smaller, briefer reviews that take much less time to write.

They would also do well to improve the dismal quality of their test photos.

Yes, they are CaNikon-biased in what they review promptly, which is unfortunate as people will buy CaNikon cameras even if they had terrible reviews (though no camera has terrible reviews these days). They are also highly biased towards micro 4/3, devoting far more time/space to the system that to NEX or NX. To give them credit, they do usually favourably review Pentax gear, though they tend to focus on what Pentax do differently from Canikon and gloss over what Pentax does much better than the competition.