Think I might take a look at those - the Sling seems exactly what I am after

RRP of £600 for a consumer-grade walkaround zoom? For double the price of the equivalent Canikon it had better be pretty good - a few rubber seals don't cost that much!

I'm looking to get a new strap for my K20D: I need something a bit longer (would like to put the camera across myself like a shoulder bag, rather than round my neck) and more comfortable with weight (Sigma 10-20 and a flashgun already makes it quite portly, and I've just ordered an f2.8 telezoom ).

Could anyone suggest a suitable candidate? I don't want one of the ones that attaches to the tripod mount (my Redsnapper QRP lives on the body for ease of tripod use and also as a nice grip), but other than that I've no real idea.

Watch for DA* lenses going out of stock - that would be another leaf out of Nikon's playbook: allowing stock of lenses to run out before replacing them, so that few people get annoyed by buying something the day before it becomes obsolete.

Calling the imaging engine 'PRIME' - +1 Awesome

Hooray^∞

I think the bigger competitor for this will be the Sigma 30mm f1.4 - users of this seem to love its optics whereas most reviewers (particular Klaus at Photozone) slate it. Will this be optically superior to the Sigma, and if so will it be optically superior enough to make users forego AF?

I don't think the Pentax is really an alternative: it's one-and-a-half stops slower.

Thought those prices were reasonable. Then I realised there was a 2 before the 800

Sounds like Pentax might finally be getting round to developing what Canon call 'ring USM' - the SDM they've been using up until now works the same as the 'micro motor USM' which Canon only put in their cheaper lenses. Faster would be nice, but reliable is the more important aspect for Pentax's image.

First of all, I'm not sure whether this should be here or in Pentax Equipment so apologies to the moderators if I've picked wrong

I'm considering an FA77, and in addition to all the other factors I have a decision (unique to Pentax?) to make regarding which colour I might get the lens in. I'd therefore appreciate any photos of the FA77 attached to a Pentax DSLR, in whichever of the two colours you have. A K10D/K20D body would be a bonus since I have the latter.