I am gutted! Due to a breakdown in communication, I missed out. (I won't go into why)
But he traded the lot for a N***n 200mm F4 at Real Camera.
He got £135 for the lot, and that included a great S3 body!
I would have paid him that for them.......

Oh well, better luck next time (mutter mutter mutter)

Another area to look at is M42 screw mount lenses. Get yourself an M42-K mount adapter, and voila! you can even use old wonderful Takumar lenses on your DSLR too. Plus M42 lenses are cheap as chips, and a popular lens to get is the 55mm F1.8. Also, Praktica did M42 lenses so did Zenit, Zeiss Jena, Cosina, Hanimex, etc etc. The list is endless, and you may find some interesting lens for the price of a drink at the local.
You will have to stop down meter and manually focus, but that is part of the fun!

Where do I start? Most I would keep, but the ones that will NEVER leave my hands are:-

DA* 50-135mm F2.8 - aka the portrait monster
DA Limited 21mm F3.2 - aka the Landscape lovely
DA Limited 40mm F2.8 - aka the Pancake perfection
FA 50 F1.4 - aka the Nifty Fifty
K 55mm F1.8 - aka The Pixie Dust
DA 35mm F2.4 - aka The Plastic fantastic (for its bayonet)
F 28mm F2.8 - aka What you see is what is sharp!
DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 WR - aka The weather sealed wonderKIT
SMC-Tak 35mm F3.5 - aka the Screwmount stunner!
Sigma 105mm F2.8 Macro - aka the Mighty Macro
Tamron 90mm F2.5 Macro - aka the Macro Bokeh beast

The others? I will keep, but have no nicknames

Sad though, I have thought of alternate names for each......

Not seen a Gold plated LX, but I did see a Gold Plated Nikon in Cambridge a while ago.
Typical Nikon, copying Pentax!

What is the market value of the following Taks?

Super-Takumar 35mm F2, comes with case

Super-Takumar 135mm F3.5 With Case Pentax UV filter, Hood. This example is totally immaculate with minor spots on the edge of the hood. But that is all, It looks like it came from the factory yesterday

Auto-Takumar 55mm F1.8.

My friend has them but might get rid for the right price. Of course I am interested, but only at the right price.

I think the 35mm F2 will be out of my price range as these are selling for megabucks on fleabay.

Thanks for that Pentaxophile, I will give that consideration.
Ultimately, I did'nt get another K-mount lens, as I am holding back, probably for an MZ-S if any appear at the right price......

However, I did get the Spotmatic F and the 35mm F3.5
Yes I probably paid more than fleabay, but on the other hand it was a real shop and they won't sell poor quality stuff anyway (the other stuff I have got from them, such as my Sigma 105mm Macro, Tamron 90mm Macro t mount etc etc) I have been really please with. I suppose it comes down to peice of mind really.
Still I don't care at the price, I now have an M42 mount camera to really use and enjoy. I have even put a roll of Kodak Ektar 100 ISO in it.


Edit, I have noticed the the MZ-S does not give Av on DA lenses. Still it is a nice camera. But I might look out for a Z-1

I did put my DA40 on my MZ-5n and saw some vignetting in the corners. Not much, but it was there. did'nt take a photo though.
However, I now have some Ilford in the camera and I fully intend to use the 40, 35 and 50-135 on it, to see what they do wide open and stopped down.

Samyang are certainly an interesting company. going from the sublime to the well you know..

AP did a test of the 85mm F1.4 and it more than matched the Nikon F1.4.
Yet, other reviews don't rate some other Samyang lenses (possibly the 14mm)
the 8mm is another one in the same class as the 85mm.

Best thing is, try before you buy. Take some photos and then decide.

What is the world coming to? I expect NO noise at any ISO setting. Pentax are clearly slacking here. (tongue very firmly in cheek......)

We all know about certain Takumar lenses and their radioactivity (not Alpha radiation though - thank god!)
Alright on film bodies, but what happens on Digital bodies?
Obviously the sensor is electronic, but would the radiation from these lenses damage or at the very least affect the image the sensor takes?

I am intrigued.