I'm looking at the 12-24 or 16-45 mm options....

Or should I wait for the DA* lenses?

The mythical K1-D

Or stick with the Z-1, Z-1p, MZ-S, *ist D and DL...

Yum Yum

Cheers Kevin,

I bought one in the Sales for 500 pounds in Jacobs, their last one, discounted as it was non-DG.

Absolutely beauty!

I would fancy buying this lens as a companion to my film and digital cameras to replave the 70-300 APO Macro lens I've had nearly ten years.

I do have the 70-200 f2.8 EX at home which is lovely.

I am slightly irritated about the f5.6 maximum aperture at 300 mm with my current 70-300 lens. As I still use 100 speed film..

Does anyone have experience of this 100-300 lens??

Yes, that was announced at about the same time as the MZ-S... dated picture on account of the small viewer at the back....

I think the name MZ-D was mentioned

I began with a Chinon CP-7m 20 years ago - got me into the K-system.....

Then I was offered a Z-10, although basic, absolutely faultless, sold to finance Z-1p purchase

then a Z-20 which I sold 3 years ago to buy the MZ-S

in the meantime obtained Mamiya 645, a Z-1 which I keep...

Simplicity is the beauty to the Pentax system- so intuitive that the instruction manuals can be sold as in mint condition....

Waited for the *ist D, then for the price to drop, bought it and promptly dropped it

while it was being repaired now have the DL too.....

my GF is trying to get me to change over to Canon, she has a 300D with a L-series lenses, lenses good, camera body horrid..

I think that most will agree that Pentax are more consistent, you can buy good or very good lenses, with Nikon and Canon, you might get very good but they do some dreadful lenses too

I am waiting for news on the mythical K1D (why do a 100 and 10 if you don't make a 1??) before flexing my credit card. There's no rush as I have plenty of choice at home

If they are Stella-like then I will be worried.....

My nutritional needs are supported by belgian beer, and there are MANY, MANY better belgian beers than Stella Artois....

Stella price yes, Stella quality NO!, Leffe/Corsendonk/Chimay/Duvel quality - Mastercard sir, that will do nicely

I want I want I want

I'll hold off the 16-45 and see what the 16-50 is like.

Only disappointment is that they are DA and not D-FA... does that mean Pentax will definitely stay with the small sensor???

Z-1p and MZ-S are the ultimate objects of beauty.....

I still remember the day I bought the Z-1p 11 years ago.......

Having spent the best part of over 500 euros for memory cards and storage recently - not to mention all the electricity used to charge the batteries for the D, DL and G5.....and run the computer, the 'economies' of digital don't seem so attractive...

The upper falls are not easy to photograph I know, I think they look better when there has been less rain.

I don't know the name but there are some spectacular falls at the top of Wensleydale, I don't mean like Hardraw Force, but nice ones like Aysgarth but easier to photograph...