I have not had a chance to use the 60-250 and 300 much, but my initial findings are in terms of detail that the 50-135 produces a better image than the 60-250 and the 300 creams both. This is what I would expect. More to follow.

Looks as if my DA* blow out (16-50, 60-250 and 300) was very timely, and has saved me nearly a grand.

Thanks to Chris et al for the price rise "Heads up".

Another one.

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Unfortunately, by the time these pictures have been reduced to 800 pixels most of the original sharpness has been lost.

As I say Scott, I haven't had a chance to really see what it can do, but it looks very promising. It's my first prime and it's not as hard to live with as I thought. What goes through my mind is that it's a crying shame that Pentax don't do anything over 300mm in either prime or zoom.

With the threat of silly price rises to come I spoke to the nice people at SRS and as a result they are rather better off and I am selling "the Big Issue" in the evenings, but have some nice lenses. They arrived last week and as per Murphy's law it has been cloudy ever since.

I got fed up in the end, and K20d, DA*60-250 and DA*300 went to the Wetlands Trust at Arundel. All shot at ISO400 hand held.

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60-250 200mm, 1/125 F10.

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300, 1/250 F6.3

I have just started to see the magic of these lenses, and I can't wait for Biggin Hill, The Festival of Speed and Shoreham with some sunshine PLEASE.

Any thoughts appreciated.

Firstly be VERY careful with flashguns - they can deliver a nasty shock.

I cannot see any reference to which SCR you are using. If you know it's identity, you can go to RS's website, http://uk.rs-online.com/web/ and search for the number and you will get a layout by downloading the data sheet.

Has anyone seen these prices at shops other than Warehouse Express?

It caused me to have a major DA* binge, but now I am wondering.

I am a Mod on another non camera related forum. It is similar to this one in as much as everyone is very friendly 99% of the time and will go out of their way to help each other or have a laugh.

Very occasionally there is a spat and something has to be done to sort it. It is very unusual to be in a situation where the decision to lock a thread or delete a post or posts to be 100% black and white. More often it is a question of thinking how other members are going to react to a post. There are posts which are quite correct but are likely to light the blue touch paper. The decision to let them stand or not can be very awkward.

Surely a UV filter blocks UV light

Thanks Greytop. I was getting paranoid about my new baby.