If it is Wildings you got it from, well done. They NEVER have Pentax stuff in (well Manchester and Wilmslow never do)

Here's hoping Mike.

Lets hope the price is good too.

£30? total bargain. Well found.
I was lucky to get my FA version new for £150, price now? £400+!
Well done sir.

Now, the next question is, now that Sigma are bringing out primes in the wide to short tele range, what odds are there for a 135mm F2 with OS and HSM? This would be another one I would love to have (even with my mighty 50-135mm in the bag) as it seems that pentax are not interested in bringing out a prime in this focal length (much as we would love a DA* 135mm F2 or 2.5)

Now that I have seen the announcement, it is indeed a lens I am very interested in. Having trawled through the web for a SMC-FA* 85mm F1.4 without success (only once on sale, on ebay, at over £1000 18months ago). I even got my mate, a BA pilot, when he went to Tokyo, to see if any example was available - not one!
So, now that Sigma have announced this lens, it could be the one to go for, especially as I do a lot of portraits. If the Sigma 30mm and 50mm reviews are anything to go by (ie excellent) this will be one hell of a lens.

So Chris at SRS, have you any idea of what this lens will cost and when will you have them in?

Ditto.
I was rather interested in the Sigma 85mm just announced too.

I used my K10D in a monsoon in Blackpool Had the 50-135 on and no problem whatsoever. The sealing really does work.

Okay I have the K20D so the following:-

Magnesium body version of the K20D (prefer the grip of the K20D to the K-7)
Non-crippled K mount
Faster SDM (lets nick it from Canon)
K-7 shutter
51point AF and AF speed from Nikon
100% viewfinder
FF sensor from the 5D MK2
Cropped ability for DA lenses (ala Nikon)with appropriate blackening of the viewfinder
ISO range from the D3s
6fps or 8fps with grip attached (like nikon)
3D tracking from Nikon
flip and rotate screen from Panasonic
split screen for MF

The other is
K-x sensor in my *istDS and the K-7 shutter......

Cleaned them no change hmmmmmmmmmm

A mix I am afraid Richard

The ones it really happens on are as follows:-
SMC-DA* 50-135 F2.8
Sigma 24-70mm F2.8
Tokina 20-35mm F2.8

Plus, very occasionally
SMC-FA 50mm F1.4
Sigma 105mm Macro
Sigma 55-200mm DC

Like I said, it is not all the time, but only on occasion, but when it happens it is not good, especially as you only have one chance to take the image.

Strange though, my 16-45 has never had the problem (touch wood) only the ones stated, and it varies between close and general focus.

The only body that never does it, is the istDS but 6MP is not what I need for these instances.


Hmmmm, a strange one.