I have the FA 28-200mm lens. It is a good walkabout lens on a film body but it is the equivelant of 42-300mm on a digital body which is less than ideal.

The IQ of the Pentax lens is adequate, but not stella. Manual focus is difficult too because of the short travel of the focussing ring.

If they're cheap enough, I'd recommend you try both. You can always sell the one you don't want to keep.

I agree Richard, but Adobe do state that the beta version is not yet complete and even some of the functionality in it is not finished.

The addition of perspective correction would almost make Photoshop redundant for me.

We can but wait and see. There is certainly enough pressure in the forums for its inclusion. It might however impact on sales of Photoshop so they may not do it.

I found this page which suggests that the Invercone was an accessory for the Master II. It was included with later models. I had a Master V which had one supplied with it.

This thread on another forum indicates the Invercone for the Master II was a two part device.

Here is an (ended) auction showing a Euro Master II and an Invercone which looks the same as the one I had with my Master V.

Here's another of a Master II with its Invercone, which proves they did/do exist.

This thread explains the reason for the two part Invercone. One part is an ND filter because the cone can't be fitted with the high range baffle closed.

It seems there are a number of versions of the Master II.

Hope that helps.

The K10D can store only one adjustment which is applied to all lenses. This may or may not be beneficial.

The K20D/K7 can store individual adjustments for 20 or so lenses.

Adobe Lightroom 3 Beta will expire at the end of April 2010. Beta 2, which will run until the end June 2010 can be downloaded from here.

I've never heard of Bank of Unilever. Does this mean some other industries are making profits too?

Take it off, they are at their best naked.

Thanks for all your comments. I'll be able to make my own comparison soon as I was tempted enough to buy the D-FA 100mm Macro lens. The quick shift manual focus option swung it for me.

Yes, I had two from early batches that suffered focussing problems after varying lengths of time. My third one is fine. Fortunately I bought from SRS and the two duffers were replaced without any problems.

Standard warranty is 1 year. If bought from a Pentax Pro dealer its 2 years. If bought used, none at all.

You could make the 'fitness for purpose' argument if you bought it new from a recognised dealer. Claims can be made up to 6 years but after the warranty period, the onus is on you to prove that the item was inherently defective from new.

You just beat me to it.