No I don't. I have a pm from someone else re this lens but not one from yourself?

Pentax DA18-250. Good condition - only bought on impulse for my recent holiday in truth. £250

Carl Zeis Flektogon 35mm f2.4. M42 mount and I'll include an adaptor. Excellent quality lens. £125

Pentax-F 28mm f2.8. Lovely lens in every respect - sharp from f2.8. £125

Sigma 10-20 f4.0. Most of my pictures have been taken with this. Excellent lens. £275.

Pentax DA16-45mm. £130.

All lenses include hoods where they were supplied with one and all have their various caps.

Afternoon. Settled down with a glass of red last night and ended up dozing in the chair

First up we have Gareths set. I like the tones, the setting and the processing. A point in its favour is the use of the same setting on each occasion. I can see the generation gap between the boys and the other people, but not a gap between the others. I'd have liked one of the photos to be an older person if possible.

Second up is Frogherder. I'm using a 3 watt valve amp at the moment so I have a soft spot for this set. Unfortunately I find it a very dry set with not much to hold my attention, although I do like the use of different background material.

Next we have ReklawyksEkul. I really liked this set. Excellent atmosphere throughout and good use of b&w. Nice range of generations and people. Very good light and the bit of noise in the third doesn't bother me in the slightest - the grain adds to the feel in my view.

Lastly we have JudithAnns set. I'd been hoping for something of this type when I set the subject. I really like the light and colour in the first image. Gives a nice warm feel to it which is what nostalgia is all about for me. Great light and colour again in the second with the rainbow being the icing on the cake. I like the fact that the last image is in silhouette. Almost gives it a hard, impersonal edge, which added to the warmth of the first image sort of goes along with our conception of the past being soft and cuddly and the present being all hard edged.

JudithAnn therefore gets first place with a highly commended going to ReklayksEkul.

Morning

Been away for three weeks with minimal internet and just up after a three day/1200 mile drive to get home.

Knackered.

I'll look at all these this evening over a glass of red.

Apologies for the delay.

If that was aimed at me I am more than a touch surprised. I asked an honest question in relation to this lens which Mike replied to in a perfectly adequate and efficient manner. In the meantime I decided to purchase a different lens (also advertised on the forum). I felt it only fair and polite to inform Mike of the fact that I could only afford one lens at this time and that I had gone for the other. I will continue to behave in the same way and if there is a problem with that then I will go to a different forum where manners are not seen as a sin.

Apologies - I'll need to pass. Not much of an expert on tripods and just realised I would need a head for it as well which puts it out of my short range budget.

Muncaster is superb - owl sanctuary offers some great photo opportunities. They also feed the herons at 4ish in the afternoon. About 20 or so Herons swooping down onto he gardens is a sight worth getting the long lens out for. Easy access to most spots on the estate. You could combine this with a trip on the l'al ratty railway at Ravenglass - takes you up into the foothills and is good fun.

There is wheelchair access to the top of Latrigg from the car park at the top of the lane that leads up to the Skiddaw access point. Great views down over Keswick - in fact in my opinion its a better view than the one from Skiddaw itself. NT redid the path a wee while ago just for disabled access.

Buttermere has a very good path all the way round it - nice and even although the best views are from the foot of the Red Pike end looking up towards Fleetwith. Never really thought about the wheelchair access side of things but you could definitely get down to the nice view of Fleetwith.

Most of the Lakes have decent steamer services - I especially like Ullswater. Stops off at Howtown although there isn't really scope for wheelchair access other than to a nice wee beach area a few yards from the pier.

Fairly sure there is fairly decent wheelchair access to Tarn Hows. Beautiful spot and in September there might be a wee bit of colour coming in the trees. It really is a lovely spot.

I'll have a wee think about other spots. I've never really thought about wheelchair access before but I'll see what I can come up with.

I'm after a big heavy thing - like to have a dabble if poss.

Is there any optical difference between this and the wr version?

Not sure if we're allowed to bump other folks threads but I'd just like to say I have this lens as well and its superb. Very sharp wide open - gets a great write up on the pentax lens review site as well.