I might be interested at some point, but it is likely to be when it has been superceded by the next model. I took this approach when getting one of the last new K10D's at the end of last year. Like John Riley's comment I am more interested in tracking down a lens > 300mm, most likely a sigma.

Picked one up from SRS myself last week I'm very pleased with it so far. It makes a good versatile walkabout lens.

It was also great to put a face to a name by meeting the "legendary" Chris

I use the Kenko 1.5x with the Tamron 70-300 and agree that it hunts at the long end

I'll go along with those who champion the combination of the Kenko 1.5x converter with Tamron 70-300 lens. I'm no expert but I think it gets decent enough results for a relatively inexpensive cost.

Does anyone have experience of using lens converter which converts a 18mm lens to a 12mm. I expect it would not be as good as say a pentax 12-24 or the sigma 10-20. But is it a realistic budget alternative to paying £300+ for a wide angle lens.

I have seen adverts for genuine Pentax remote controls which say they work with both Optio Compacts and DSLRs. I am confident that they will work with my K10D but was wondering if they work with the Optio 300.

For you guys in The Netherlands, the Talens camera shop in Delft seemed to deal in Pentax kit, when I was there last month. In fact I bought a used 28-80 mm lens as a walkabout lens for not much money at all.

I am thinking about upgrading my current ist DL2 to either a new K200D or perhaps a good quality 2nd hand K10D. From what I see here in the forum a large number of you have the K10D and are extremely happy with it. Not being either a professional or even a gifted amateur I cannot justify a K20D.

I think I know what the answer will be - look for a good used K10D - but opinions would be welcome.

The ist DL2 is going to my daughter as it is a good intro to the world of DSLR as it has been for me.

I thought it was just me who had an odd one from a batch.

I had exactly the same issue with the Vivitar 80-200 lens which I had from my ME super days when I bought my iST DL2. Worked ok with my 2x teleconverter till I could afford a new auto-focus sigma 55-200. I have since obtained a Tamron 70-300 LD for £65 which seems to be highly recommended in this forum.