The following much loved items are regrettably for sale. All items include the original caps and a protective filter.

Pentax FA* 400/5.6 You won't find a better example of this fabulous lens. Mint apart from a couple of very light marks on the lens hood.
Includes the original soft case, strap and even the box. £900

Pentax DA* 300/4 Mint apart from a small, light scratch on the underside of the lens barrel. Includes box and soft case. £750

Pentax DA* 200/2.8 Mint. £550

Pentax K20D Mint, boxed, complete. Shutter count 10k. Screen protector installed since day one. Includes 2 Pentax batteries and 2 generics. £400

KPS Eyepiece Magnifier Mint, boxed. £20 or £10 if bought with the camera

Grip for K20D/K10D Mint, boxed. £55

Pentax DA 35 Limited Mint, boxed. £320

Pentax DA 21 Limited Mint, boxed. £300

PM me if interested.

R

The *ist D is the clear winner and offers a number of advantages over other Pentax bodies, particularly for someone interested in compatibility with older equipment (which is why I still have mine):

1/ TTL flash.
2/ Accurate Green Button exposure with older lenses.
3/ Best viewfinder of ANY Pentax DSLR.
4/ High-Speed-Sync with the built-in flash.
5/ 2 command dials.
6/ Very nice optional grip that doesn't make the camera too big.
7/ Will be a collector's item in the future, when the other *ist models will sell for £5 if you're lucky.

There are a few disadvantages:

1/ Slow to review images, particularly when using raw.
2/ Uses CF rather than SD, although you can use an SD to CF adapter, which is what I do.

HTH,
R

Thanks Blue.

I too regard the "K" as the nicest of the pre-Spotmatic cameras.

I've never seen one in good condition that I could afford though

Cheers,
R

Yes, very nice

Any chance you could identify which cameras are featured?

Thanks
R

I had a similar "no SDM AF" problem with one of my SDM lenses.

Auto-focusing the lens via the screw-drive on a body that didn't have SDM (the *istD in this case) and then putting it back on my K20D fixed the problem. It's been fine ever since.

Worth a try if you have an older body (even an old AF film body).

HTH,
R

Unfortunately this has also been my experience

R

A lot of interest in the converters (thanks Algernon), but they've both been sold now.

Thanks for all your interest.
R

M-series lenses now sold to Brightstone.

A-series Teleconverters still available.

Thanks,
R

After collecting Pentax gear for thirty years, I've recently been rationalising my collection and was hoping forum members would be interested in these good quality Pentax items.

Most of these lenses were bought new by me and have been very well looked after. They all come with front and back caps, but no box:

A 2X-S Teleconverter Mint £90
A 1.4X-S Teleconverter Exc++ £85 (includes original leather case)
M 200 f4 Mint £40
M 150 f3.5 Exc++ £40
M 135 f3.5 Mint- £30
M 28 f2.8 Exc+++ £30

The teleconverters work really well with the DA telephoto primes like the DA300 (particularly the 1.4x), but obviously in manual focus only.

The rare M150/3.5 is particularly handy as it's only slightly bigger than the more common M135/3.5 but with some useful extra reach.

PM me if interested.

Thanks,
R

When I tested the DA40 on my Super A, there were no problems with vignetting but the corners were badly smeared until the lens was stopped down to f/5.6. As you say, the centre is sharper than the old M40 though.

My results were similar to those of the rather more systematic tests done by "Falconeye" on PentaxForums. This thread is well worth reading

BTW HG, I've got a feeling your DA40 used to be mine

R