Are we to understand that you like this lens just a little bit then?

You are very lucky to have a child who is obviously not camera shy. Both of my boys ran a mile as soon as I got the camera out.

WTB = Want To Buy.

It's been a long time since I had one of those. Are they weather sealed nowadays?

My post about the Sigma must have looked like a comment about macro lenses in general, it wasn't meant too, and it's true that many macro lenses are not good at normal distances (whatever that may be). What I meant to say is that the Sigma 180mm macro lens has a good enough IQ at 'normal' distances that I can't convince myself that I would want a DA* 200mm as well. I love the macro capability of the Sigma too much.

If there are no good reports of the DA* 200mm lens here, it's probably because not many members have it.

The locals grow Nesperas around here too, but they cover them and their fig trees with nets to stop the birds (and me) gorging on them.

I've no idea what they are called in English, or even if they have an English name. I suspect they are a tropical fruit that doesn't survive that far North.

Sure, just give us your bank details, and we'll take it (you) from there.

Even that was accidental, I wasn't intentionally criticizing your spelling.

A Pentax . . . and a fabulous Pentax macro lens.

Moss is a truly excellent macro subject. We don't get any here, too warm and dry, even in winter.

Thanks for that, I'll look out for some seed.

See what you've started Amin, and you thought you were just taking a photo.

Welcome to gardeners world everyone, from a photographers point of view, of course.

The plant(s) I had was grown from seed which originally came from UK. We grew it against a wall which had not many places for its runners to cling to. Consequently they fell to the ground and climbed up anything (and everything) that they touched.

It took me several days to disentangle the plant from our lemon tree which in itself was a painful exercise. Lemon trees have some very sharp spikes on their branches, as I'm sure you know.