Hi... I have just joined this forum today and as I say in my introduction post I am considering buying this lens along with a K-r with the 18-55 DA WR lens but I am unable to pm you. Not sure what the rules are guess the 30 day rule is there to stop people from joining just to take advantage of the class ads,if you can and am allowed to please contact me.

Thanks, Barry

Peter

Had a look at your uploads of Hartland, as you say not bad for handheld on a blustery day especially the 170mm one. Yeh the 55-300 does seem to be the one to go for I may just throw caution to the wind and go for it especially as we are going to Scotland for three weeks soon so likely I will find it useful up there.

Thanks
Barry

Just had a flick through the gallery, inspirational stuff and a great help to me as a beginner with the camera settings shown as well.

Wow!!!!! There are some pretty impressive line ups of lenses here and I am getting jittery about buying just one more, perhaps not a bad thing as I have no experience and dont want to waste money on something that might spend more time in the box than on the camera. Thanks for the welcome.

Hi..... I am about to take my first steps into the world of DSLR's, the only real decision I have made so far is that I want to buy the K-r with the Pentax 18-55mm DA WR lens. I am also tempted to buy the Pentax DA 55-300mm lens as well to give me a good focal range to explore the camera and my skill level which is zero at the moment. I am somewhat reluctant to spend too much on lenses at the moment as I can see myself becoming a bit of a perfectionist in time and will be hankering for some decent prime lenses. As part of my learning curve I will post some images and welcome any criticism and feedback you may have so I will say goodbye until then.