Nowadays, it would be unwise to dismiss G+. The more you use it, the more you realize how Google has made it very friendly for photographers.

Of course, in 2013, you can't be on just one social network. For maximum exposure, you'll need to have:

1. Facebook Page
2. Google+ Page
3. Twitter Feed
4. Blog (part of your website?)

Social Media is a job unto itself if taken seriously! Good thing is, the hard work is the main investment, you could actually do a lot without paying for anything (except for internet access and electricity of course).

~The eye candy is just too much! Beautiful! Excellent photos!

Fantastic. If anything, we are spoiled for choice in a way!

I'm planning to make the purchases next month if things go according to plan. If there's a DA 70 2.4 LTD that goes my way around that time, I just might go for that instead of the Samyang, but the difference between 85+1.4 & 70+2.4 is quite big for me.

Thanks for the heads up on Ffordes! Much appreciated.

My spreadsheet is starting to become lively.

Yes, definitely looks like a painting! So beautiful! Thanks for sharing this inspiring piece of work.

I don't mean for this to be a jumping ship discussion! Apologies if that's how it sounded, but I am hoping to be able to move to full frame sometime in the far future. Many thanks for all of your answers.

My predicament right now does not factor full frame at all though, as I am quite happy with APS-C.

I love Pentax. I've always appreciated the fact that they've always strived to go just a bit more to cater to their customers. Another thing I am very appreciative of is the community. All your answers here alone have reminded me of my experiences with talking to some of the members of the other brands.

What I have decided so far to meet the "[email protected]" formulae is the following:

* Sigma EX DC 30mm 1.4 / Around £300
* Pentax SMC DA 50mm 1.8 / Around £220 (with the hopes of moving towards the SMC DA* 55mm 1.4 in the future which costs around £550)
* Samyang 85mm 1.4 / Around £200

Compared to the £600 it will cost me to get the config on another system, this one will probably cost around £700 but the build quality of the lenses would be much better I think.

Anyway, I'm still not final on this, so will continue to investigate and look forward to more of your posts!

Yes robbiec, my lens list is current. My go to lenses at the moment are the 35 2.4 and the Tamron. I'm not really happy with the Tamron's rendering, but at the price I can't complain. The DA 55-300 really is much sharper. Switching brands is at the moment, the most logical solution; but there's one thing that I like to do which I will have trouble with outside of Pentax, and that is shooting in the rain.

robbiec, and Offertonhatter - Your replies are much much appreciated!

The only thing I liked about the Nikkor was the AF, I wasn't able to pixel peep to my liking as it wasn't my gear.

I really liked my Samyang when I had it, so will most likely grab another one from SRS, or if someone posts one on the bay or the classifieds here.

Hope others will give their thoughts on this!

Ah yes, but you see, I can't break the bank, my budget will not accomodate that single purchase. I believe the price for the Sigma 85 1.4 is at around £650 alone. A superb lens, I want one, can't at the moment. Cheers for the reply Smegs!

Hello all! It's been a while. Been busy with some digitalisation projects at work which have taken almost all of my spare time.

So here's my predicament. Having used for a short time the following lenses on both their respective CAN0N and NIK0N models:

28 1.8 (CAN0N) about £300 /
35 1.8 (NIK0N) about £200 / Pentax has the really nice 35 2.4 but it's not the same
50 1.8 about £80 / Pentax has the same for over double the price
85 1.8 about £300 / The nearest would be the Samyang MF which I had before but AF got me taking so many more shots

I really enjoyed it and found myself wanting to stick to them focal lengths at those speeds. I am quite saddened that I am not going to be able to have something similar for K-mount, not without breaking the bank that is (going LTDs).

I love my K5! Still a tank soldiering on and can't see myself using another brand camera yet.

So, any recommendations/comprises that you can recommend out there?

A friend advised me to get those lenses and grab a cheap old DSLR from another brand.

I remember my mother-in-law not being in the picture. LOL