Hi John

Yes it's a 'K' mount and fully manual.

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One of my attempts with it:

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and another:

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An unusual and now quite sought after lens this has a bit of a cult following and used creatively can give some excellent and dream-like photos. A large fan club here

http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/lens-clubs/37525-sears-lens-club.html

Fantastic condition, basically 'as new' with unmarked glass and no visible dust. Comes with front and rear lens caps.

£25 delivered to UK

Photos to follow

Now on Ebay. Still prefer to sell it to a member on here so now £15 delivered. Noticed the horrible looking marks on the photo. These are simply reflections from the top of the plastic box - the filter is unmarked.

Now on Ebay. Still prefer to sell it to a member on here so now £17 delivered.

Lens now sold. Filters still available if anyone is interested.

Hi Charlotte

It's Christopher North, [email protected]. I use the CEO route quite regularly

[quote:3496ace15f="sledger"]Yes it is the Rainbow Lorikeet.. As you can tell, they do allow you to get quite close, though this was shot at the long end of the 18-250mm lens.
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This would be the long end of the "18-250mm an utterly rubbish lens by comparison" presumably? One of us needs our eyes tested

Bump for lens at £250 or lens plus filters for £280 before Ebay.

I think it's something you have to see in the flesh before deciding. I was very tempted by the recent prices but, like you, couldn't really see why I needed one, other than the fact it was cheap (ish)

I had a look at one in Jessops the other day and really didn't like it at all. I'm not saying you won't like it, plenty of people love it so I am swimming against the tide a little, just that, had I ordered it unseen, it would have gone straight back.

Hi John

I use the 'catch in focus' feature on the K-r most of the time when taking macros with extension tubes. Some people prefer not to use it, but I find it gives me a higher success rate (though I have plenty of duds as well).

Might be worth a play with and see if it helps, but as David says, lots of practice is best.