yep, the blacks MIJ if I'm correct are much more rare than silver ones....

I would like to trade my FA31 for FA43, preferably black one made in Japan.....pm me if anybody's interested. Given the price difference of the lenses I would be interested in some compensation on top - this would be solved via pm
FA31 i have is in excellent shape, here are some photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66970442@N04/sets/72157627995065560/

I have few guys already interested in this trade, but I'm giving ad here just for any case.
Thanks for reading....

No it is not ....Canon has some strenghts and issues and so does Pentax. Doesn't matter what kind of 'hardware' you are using. How are you using it is what really counts.

bump - price reduced 430£ (shipping included)

actually on second thought it may be just £450 with shipping (considering the fact that bank will charge something for bank transfer)

Body with accessories in original box - sold without kit lens. Camera is in excellent condition, has about 8200 shutter actuations. Only missing accessory is the viewfinder cap, which was lost.
I'm looking for price around 450£ + shipping (19£) ... shipping via EMS.
Payment preferably by bank transfer.
Thanks for looking...

here are the photos of the actual item:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66970442@N04/?saved=1

Martin

I'm using TAMRON SP 2x TC occasionally - IQ drops by a margin (maybe dependant on quality of lens as well) but to my experience I can still get nice sharp pictures and lot of details. You're going to loose 2 f stops when shooting with 2x TC.
If you have money, better invest in telephoto lens and you will not loose those 2 f stops, but if you're decided on teleconverter....better get a good one. Consider also the lenses you will be using with it - you want to use fast lenses with 2xTC, something like M150/3.5 or A*300/4 for example will be too difficult to focus, unless you have a lot of bright light.

great comparison, thanks for effort ..... I had my friends FA*24 for a week and i liked that lens a lot, but here it seems that Kiron 24/2 beats it in resolution and equals it in bokeh.I'm impressed by this Kiron and would love to see more shots from it.
Tamron 17-50 looks sharper as well, but i don't like its bokeh so much as that of FA*24 and Kiron.

I would be cautious with DA 18-135 as it has horrible reviews on photozone as well as user reviews on pentaxforums. And the dreaded SDM issues might be an overblown problem....anyway 17-70 looks to be a very decent lens

pm replied