Email this chap : [email protected]
He recently fixed 4 lenses for me and was very reasonable

Hes not selling that Sigma 17-70mm he had off me already is he?

But then you have been a Pentax owner and know what they are capable of.
I know your reasons for changing and can understand why but I am sure a lot of people buy into the Pentax system, realise that all their peers are using Canon or Nikon and so sell the lot for something more "acceptable".

On another note, and something that bugs me just as much .. why do Canon users refer to swapping to Nikon as "going to the dark side".

Oh, and what's all this "Im going to pull the trigger" when buying a lens.

Think i will leave it there ...

And you didn't grab a photo?

It was actually Talkphotography not a Sony forum but that's besides the point. Anyway I must admit there is a lot more of it here now than there used to be and also I have noticed it on the Yank Pentax forum as well.

It does seem that Pentax is seen as a minority (which to be fair it is) but to me it looks like users are having to justify to the world why they bought into the system.

Personally I don't give a ***** what other people use but I have noticed the same thing on other forums Tooks.
I have even started to see Sony users now running down "inferior" Pentax (one called it a second class system) when 12 months ago they were struggling to get recognition. (Just shows what a bucket full of cash for advertising can do).

Thanks Stefan.

I have quite a few more lenses (far too many infact) that are not in my list. Those are just the manual focus.

Was out in the car yesterday and saw a field full of the things.
Not particularly interesting but pretty cute

Pentax DA 50-300mm.













And this sheep who didn't seem too chuffed that I was standing at the side of the fence.

All of the Tamron SP Adaptall lenses, especially the macros, 35-80mm and 70-210mm f3.5. As long as you are happy to manual focus they are cheap as chips and much more satisfying.
PK/A mount to go with them is another story though.

Well after my first 12 months with a DSLR, and a Pentax K10D at that I can say that my requirements are now such that I am feeling the need to change.
I want something with better ISO, faster AF, live view plus a few more megapixels so I can crop closer but it must have the quality output of my K10D.

Oh, suppose I could always get a K20D ...