Hi Stewart and welcome.

Stefan,

How much in £s do you think one is worth?

Has anyone any knowledge of the above lens?

Thanks for that, will have a look

Fair enough

I phoned SRS about the Pentax 300mm lens this evening. Asked when the price would be goinhg up and they said they didn't believe they would have any left at the current prices after Friday. I asked how much it would be going up by and was told that all the big lenses would be increasing by the biggest amount and to check the prices on Warehouse Express to see whet the new price was likely to be. Pentax don't do many "big" lenses do they? Maybe it would be an idea to check to be on the safe side.

Yes they are very heavy But it great on safari when you start shotting next to point and click tourists - you get some amazing comments
No I hadn't considered the DA 300mm. I don't know very much about lenses and rely on either seeing other people's results or their recommendations. It is an expensive lens but I will look into it

Thanks Stefan

I like the pelican myself. Lovely pictures.

Thats not fair - why do you think I was asking you

I have

Sigma 70-300 mm F4-5.6 APO DG Macro (still trying to get to grips with!)
Sigma 153-400mm 1:4.5-5.6 APO DG (my favourite lens)
Sigma 105mm 1:2.8 DG Macro (second favourite)
SMC Pentax-FAJ 1:4.5(32).5.8(3 75-300mm AL 1.3m/4.3ft 58mm (hardly ever use for some reason!)
Pentax 18-55 II (will sell this with the K200D when I get my 20D back)

I think I would like the Sigma 50-500mm or the Sigma 180mm Macro as I only really take wildlife and am starting to enjoy Macro. I'm not very artist and so find landscapes(expect sunrises and sets)/portraits etc diffcult and uninteresting (to me).

This is proving very interesting