To anyone looking at other dealers, your buyers conscience can remain untroubled.

SRS back at £949. Presumably a 5% drop in demand has occurred leading to this price rectification.

Latest, seen Tuesday luncthime:

Park K5 body down to £954, same as Warehouse Express.

Mathers lower at £949.

Exactly!

Noticed Park & Clifton had gone up to £999 on Friday so expected SRS to follow soon.

Saw a D7000 + 18-105 for £999 over the weekend too, so Pentax getting less competitive.

Another lease of life for my K10D I think!

I looked again on Sunday, at a K5+18-55 in Jessops and did find it a little small, reminiscent of my Fuji bridge camera.

I don't think I have particularly big hands but they did seem to get in each others way holding the K5. This is after four years with a K10D, latterly with 16-45 instead of 18-55.

Just to put the cat amongst the pigeons I picked up a D7000 for a feel and that was more comfortable. The autofocus with an 18-105 seemed quicker and definitely quieter and the viewfinder was nice too.

Tell me it's just a phase and I'll grow out of it...

I have just noticed that my thread title conflicts with the question at the end of my post.

Just seeing my thread title and your post, Pentaxophile, might seem to suggest that you think the 18-55 sharper than the 16-45.

Your photos however, show the superiority of the 16-45.

Is it worth a title change, mods?

Sorry for my careless phrasing!

Various posters have commented that the 16-45 is showing its' age a little when attached to the K5.

Who has compared it with the 18-55 WR and what were the relative merits?

Regards

This should read 3 for 2 in case you hadn't guessed.

I have heard people recommending Peak Imaging for b/w and non process paid slides.

I think it was an old Fuji emulsion (tell-tale made in Japan?) where I might have expected strong greens, but it was a long time since I last shot slides. The colour was fairly neutral I suppose (didn't it used to be that Kodak had strong reds, Fuji green, Agfa blue?).

Encouraging results I think you would say, as it was the first film I'd shot on my MZ6.

A little while ago, Boots were doing 36 exp slide film @ £7.99 with a 3 for offer as well.

If you go for that, remember that you have to send it from a post office as a "small package" with postage about £1.50 instead of just sticking a first class stamp on the return envelope. I sent a film last year whith about a 10 day turn-around.

Regards

I picked up an MZ6 last year and found that under certain conditions it can be used with the 18-55 (Mk1) kit lens.

i.e. from 24mm upwards, vignetting is obvious in the viewfinder at shorter focal lengths.

'Hardgravity' and others discussed the subject in the following thread:

https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/stupid-questions-but----9001


Regards