I took my k20d out onto the mountains skiing in glencoe a week and a bit ago with my kit lens. It was absolutely fine in blizzard conditions

In all honesty, i don't think i'll ever see "That" sunrise again. The sun was just a big huge ball of fire coming up over layers and layers of frosty hills and tree rows with the forth bridges 9 miles to the east, the tower at the house of the Binns in the middle and the Pentland Hills on the horizon...

I have a nice memory from it, but i wish i had a picture!

Anyone else got something like that that they wish they had their camera with them for?

... and because i was late, i forgot to lift my camera on the way out the door!!!!! AAARrrrrrrrggggghhhhhhh.

Mind you, if i was running on time, i probably wouldn't have seen it!

Maybe this day next year then!

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=120370219908&Category=48558...

I'm currently bidding on this lens. Seems a good starter zoom for me.

How much do you knowledgeable lot reckon this lens should sell for?

I've read up on it and it's got ok reviews, not the best, not the worst, but since i don't have much cash...

Here's a shot i took with the Takumar 1: 2.5 135mm. First time i've used that lens, and going by the result, i think i'll be using it a lot more in future. Might even take it up to Cairgorm at the weekend for some action snow shots.




thing is... i'm not so sure the aperture ring works as no matter what i did, i always got a really shallow dof (fine for this pic as it's what i meant).... is this some kind of restriction of using old lenses with the new DSLRs? is. that the lens has to be used wide open all the time?

i'll give it a miss then...

i was up skiing at glencoe on saturday and had my 18-55 lens with me but it was no-where near enough so i thought i might check out ebay for a cheap zoom.

very useful thread this... thankyou

might be useful as a sticky for any other relative newcomers who have a new pentax dslr with some old lenses.

Just wondering how long it normally takes for the cash to eventually be back in my account after sending the forms and receipts back to Pentax.

Don't want to harass the good folks at Pentax... Just wondering really.

this is what i have... though i don't have the manual.