Thanks, and while you mention it, the two lenses I must sell are a 2 year old DFA 100mm macro f2.8 - very nice and been very happy with it.
& the relatively new DA* 16-50 f2.8 also happy it was bought in November last year. I have receipts for both lenses and boxes, caps etc. All in excellent condition and have had filters on their whole life which have never been taken off.

Hoping for "around" $1100Au for the DA* & $500Au for the macro. Can someone let me know if you think these are reasonable prices?

I'm in Melb, Australia but am happy to ship to anywhere if I have money first of course - (and shipping at Aust Post prices)

Other lenses I have aren't worth selling but if you're interested I have:
50mm f1.7M, 35-70mmM f2.8-3.5, FAJ 18-35mm f4-5.6, sigma 28-80, sigma 70-300 DL.

BTW I started my Nikon kit with a 50mm 1.8, 105mm macro f2.8 and 180mm f2.8 - all very nice lenses.

email me at philatphiltaylorphotographydotcom if interested.

Hi all, I have just moved over to Nikon (please..no beatings ) as Pentax no longer had what I needed to do what I'm doing (Medical Photography primarily) and I have a far greater range of lenses available at hospitals now.

Anyway, just saying thanks for all the help I've had here over the last 6 years, you're a great bunch. I still of course have most of my Pentax gear and will continue to use it a bit so I'll continue to drop in now and then to see what's happening.

By the way, don't cry too much about Pentax being slow at doing some things - there are a number of things I've noticed with Nikon which are nowhere near as advanced as Pentax - of course they all have their pros and cons.

Hope you all keep the images going and I'll keep an eye on you.

Regards, Phil.

i wont get into the protection subject - each to his own. I use them (good quality ones only).

Black & White tone modifying filters do not work on digital cameras for a number of reasons. I don't know them all but I can say that digital sensors are much more sensitive to red and green than blue (which film is more sensitive to). The way the colour captured is transformed into data before it even becomes a RAW file means the spectral sensitivities of filter are dealt with differently than with film. Sounds wrong I know, as the colours are still being replicated the same in the colour image on screen, but it doesn't work that way. PS has a number of preset filters (warming, cooling etc) which are pretty good or you can easily create your own.

IR filters are useful only if you remove the IR blocking filter from inside your camera (over the sensor) as sensors are (again) highly sensitive to red and IR.

Polarisers are definately an item anyone should have IF THEY UNDERSTAND THEM - I know of dozens of photographers who wonder why they can't get deep blue skies and they're shooting the wrong way!

ND grads as mentioned are good but the other one not mentioned here are straight neutral density filters. They are available in 1/3, 1/2, 1 stops right up to 9 stops if you want (and probably more if you want) and are particularly useful to those who want extremely long time exposures.

Especially to those of us who still use *istD's and have a minimum ISO of 200.

I have finally taken possession of my first star glass - of much more to come i hope!

I bought the DA* 16 - 50 f2.8 for $1100 through a friend who works for a good camera store here in Melbourne.

Taking it away for the weekend at the institute of photographic technology weekend. Haven't shot much yet but i love the feel.

Email sent, mine finally broke yesterday after some months threatening. Very unhappy, only had flash 3 years.

Yes, I used Nimh batteries but they should be designed with that in mind, that's not the users fault. Many photographers now use Nimh's.

Does anyone know if replacement doors are available some how?

[quote="Don"]Oh the memories come flooding back...

So, any images from it yet? ...that we're allowed to look at?

I occasionally go there for a look, I think I'm registered there too but I don't like the interface, I do occassionally find some useful stuff there though.

Nice idea, I imagine there'd be an enormous amount of stuff you could do.

Yep, I keep wondering if I should be buying up on 645 lenses, as I will undoubtedly get a 645D if it materialises.

On the other hand, I could end up with a collection of beautiful lupes with focal lengths ranging from 40ish through to 500ish, all with the words Pentax 645 on them.

Theres a silver one for Au$1350 in Melbourne (city) and a black one for Au$1450 in another shop two doors down. Go to http://www.michaels.com.au/ for the silver and http://www.cameraaction.com.au/ for the black