received this morning! fired off a few shots and am very impressed - will take the family out to the park later today as the sun is out and experiment some more!

Super fast response and excellent comms from LennyBloke - Thank You!!

Sale agreed with LennyBloke for F 50mm 1.7 - just sent payment via BT

Still looking

Hi, I'm looking to buy a Pentax F or FA 50mm 1.7, should be in excellent condition with no scratches, fungus etc.

Please let me know if you have this and what your price is.
Thanks
Mumin

great, thanks for the pic - this is exactly what I need - will look for it tonight

@womble - indeed I will, the main purpose is for portrait work but I fancied using it for macros as well.

The focus for me in my newbie stage is to keep costs right down - I can get dedicated macro lenses and 80/85mm primes later on but I am not prepared to splash out wads of money right now. Hence going for cheaper manual lenses and reversing connectors.

Appreciate the help guys!

cool, will check the site out after work,

the link works by the way

Thanks to both of you - I feel I've learnt a lot in such a short space of time!

Yes - when I use the kit lens I am happy with the image when zoomed at 55mm, so the 55m prime should be ok for time being until I need more zoom. Also I am after the bokeh effect which my current kit doesnt provide.

Regarding the reverse lens options, at this moment I simply want to reverse the 55mm lens onto the mount and not onto another lens. So looks like I need a 49mm/52mm converter.

Thanks guys
Mumin

Hi guys, I've recently bought a K-x with kit lens and want to get into portrait and macro photography.

I've bought a Pentax-M 50mm 1.7 which I understand should be perfectly suited for portraits. However for macro work I believe I need to use a reverse lens mount for this. Can someone please advise or point me to a link where I can purchase this item and any tricks/techniques I should be aware of?

When I started looking for a suitable portrait lens, some people mentioned I should go for 80mm and some said 135mm while others say 50mm with macro - I dont understand how the requirements for portrait lenses could vary so much and would appreciate if someone could elaborate.

Thanks for your help
Mumin

Hi, whereabouts in South London are you? Rather than put them in a skip, I can offer £20 an pickup if not too far away - how does this sound?

thanks, I understand - I'll leave the offer on the table in case you change your mind. Otherwise good luck with the sale.