Yep, 14mm is a bit wide for wedding shots though because it'll give the equivalent of 21mm in the 35mm film format - great for panoramic landscapes etc. but the exaggerated perspective and barrel distortion that super-wide lenses deliver wont be very flattering for your subjects.
Something between 28mm and 24mm in film terms is wide enough for group shots, with little or no distortion.
I can't recommend a specific lens because I'm not too familiar with the latest models and all of mine were originally for film but you should look for something around 17mm (giving the equivalent of approx. 26mm).

Perhaps your best option would be one of the new DA zooms, see this thread for details: https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2408

eBay has certainly turned the second-hand market on it's head!

My first AF SLR was an SFX that I paid £160 for, just after the SFXn was released and I then bought an F35-135 for £176 (new price around £220).
Both came from Jessops and I considered them to be bargains, the camera was a very recent model and the lens was still current. For quite a few years the second-hand prices were more or less stable but dropped a little when the Z series and FA lenses were introduced and again with the MZ range.

Then came the digital revolution and online auction sites like eBay and boy do we have a real mish-mash of prices, there's just no way of knowing what an item will fetch

I've considered listing the SFX and F35-135 but the cameras go for peanuts and I think a 35-135 recently sold for about £30. Both are as good as the day I bought them and although they get very little use, it'll be hard to part with them, especially for so little.

I think eBay is a great way to buy and an excellent way to get rid of unwanted stuff but to make any money, you really need to be lucky and find people desperate enough to get into a bidding war.

Brian's example demonstrates the advice that I've given a couple of times - don't just look for individual items, consider kits and collections too

Excellent, sounds like you're going to have a few adventures.

I'm pleased you've received the PMs, I got your reply too, thought you might be interested - hope it works out for you

I don't know if there's a problem with the board, my pc, or if I simply haven't got it configured properly but I've tried to send you a couple of PMs.
I get the message that they've been sent but they're staying in my outbox and not appearing in my sentbox.

Please let me know if you haven't received them - they're not about anything terribly important but you might be interested!

I don't suppose I'll ever own a Super A but I always thought that it had a fantastic specification - all it was really lacking was multi-pattern metering!
In that respect, I suppose the Canon T90 was the ultimate MF SLR and still appears to be much sought after.
The P30T was, until the MZM, the most technically advanced manual model but definately not as well built as the earlier M series models.

David, if you really don't think you'll ever use them again then you might as well sell them both but don't forget that you can use their lenses - assuming your digital is a Pentax, of course!

On the other hand, the P30 is more up to date with it's KA mount so perhaps you should keep that one.
Such a pity for sellers that these things are now worth so little......heck, I'd probably keep them both!

CIELAB (CIE L* a* b*, CIE Lab): A mathematical derivative of CIE XYZ (1931) that describes colors using three synthetic primaries: L* (which indicates Lightness), a* (which indicates red-greenness), and b* (which indicates yellow-blueness).

hmm, so the Hoya delivers a slightly lighter image, with more red-greenness but less yellow-blueness than the Hama.
It also lets through more UV - approx. 17% overall, as opposed to the Hama's 12%.

Both Skylights are more effective UV-blockers than the Vanguard which lets through approx. 35%.
The Vanguard however has the least effect on the colour characteristics.
Lightness is midway between the Skylights and it slightly blocks red-greenness and very slightly enhances the yellow-blueness.

My conclusion - assuming I'm interpreting the figures correctly, is:

the Hoya has a slightly stronger 'warming' effect than the Hama but is slightly less effective at cutting through haze etc.
The Vanguard provides the most natural colour balance but is the least effective filter of UV light.
You have a darned good pair of sunglasses!

Absolutely no idea.....but I'd be interested to find out

Yes, the Pentax obviously doesn't feature the constant MOD that your Super II does and must therefore be based on either the original or 'Super' version.

Unless of course, it has moved simply because it's focussed in the macro range - perhaps they all do that!
The absence of the zoom-lock would certainly suggest that the Pentax is no later than the Super.

Thankyou Glyn, that certainly settles the question of the coating.
I don't know about ascertaining the year of manufacture from the serial number but I do know that the lens creep that you describe is quite common with the early Tamrons, the later AF models feature a zoom-lock switch.

As far as I know, there have been five AF versions of the Tamron:

Model 71D featuring 2 hybrid-aspherical elements
Model 171D one standard element replaced with LD (Low Dispersion) glass and named 'Super'
Models 571D and 271D cosmetic restyling (271D silver bodied)
Models 371D and 471D (silver) more restyling, constant MOD throughout zoom range, addition of zoom-lock. Re-named 'Super II-Macro'
Models AO3 and AO3S (silver) - here we see a change in the optical configuration (15 elements in 14 groups as opposed to 16/14 for the earlier models).
These are XR Macro lenses - the filter size is reduced from 72 to 62mm, the lens is 25% smaller and 27% lighter, there is a third aspherical element, the LD element and one standard element have been replaced with 2 XR (Extra Refractive Index) elements.

The Pentax version most closely resembles the earlier models ie. no zoom-lock and whether it's a first or second generation would depend on whether it features an LD (ED in Pentax lingo) element.