You might indeed. Or you might find that the screw heads inside have been burred. Taking on a lens that requires work is always a bit of a risk. I acquired a pentax-A 16mm 2.8 FE that had a tiny spot of fungus under the front element. A specialist (Alan Marlowe) was not able to get access to the rear of the element and despite his best efforts a little of the fungus remains. I did not pay much for the lens so don't feel I have lost anything, but price is key when considering a "project".

I tend to agree that the 85mm f2 is overpriced for it's condition. Why would the sellers not get the lens cleaned themselves and then price it at £200?

Another cracker of a picture Nigel. Must be costing you a fortune in ice cream bribes.

Lee filters 150 system with the 15-30 adapter

Go and test it. Makes sense to me that if the sensor only records 10 colours versus 100 the file size is smalller

The file size can vary greatly depending on your scene. A large expanse of a single colour will result in a small file size. Mult coluors and multi toned images will be the opposite.

As John pointed out, the number of shots available that the camera displays is a conservative estimate and is not a reliable indicator of how many pictures you have taken (or indeed how many you can expect to take). It is a minimum estimate using an "average" file size.

One thing I noticed immediately on moving from my k10 to the K1 was the increased sharpness of the images. With the K10 i was generally using an unsharp mask setting of 80/0.6/1. With the K1 I find I need 20-35/0.6/1 as a general setting.

Time for a new camera i think.

really like 4 and 6

lovely pictures especially the rose

Very nice.