I'm staying away from your bargains on Amazon, last time it cost me a fortune.

Depends what you call reasonable ... but in order of cost

Pentax 55-300mm WR
Pentax 55-300mm PLM
Sigma 150-500mm OS HSM (might find one new but otherwise used)
Pentax 300mm f4 (plus 1.4x)
Sigma 100-300mm f4 (plus 1.4x) used and very hard to find
Sigma 50-500mm OS HSM (Same as 150-500mm)
Pentax 150-450mm WR

Well back home now, not sure how things are going to progress with Sam but hopefully things will be better.

Anyway, I have decided to hang fire on selling the K-1, I havent really given it a chance since buying it and it deserves a proper outing or two before I decide so my apologies to the prospective buyers that have contacted me.

I went back to Amazon and bought another for my little Canon M5

It ended up costing me an extra grand as they had a Canon 100-400mm MKII in their warehouse deals which currently have 20% discount on certain items. Couldn't resist.

owch.

I suppose the taxi driver was fairly chuffed with his tip though.

How did you mange to lose 2 memory cards?

Nice spot, I use a couple in the K-1, it would be handy if the Pentax card slots could take advantage of the speed though.

Third one as you will be keeping your K-1

I should think they would already know by now

Personally I think anyone who wants major autofocus upgrades and doesn't want to run 2 systems may as well jump now as it's not going to happen any time soon, if at all.

I currently have my K-1 in the sales section but if I'm honest I'm not that bothered if it sells or not. I am quite glad to be rid of the FA* 250-600mm though as it has freed up some cash to invest in something more exotic lens wise for my other system.

The handheld pixel shift could be a killer macro feature though.