Tamron arrived safe and sound.
Pleasure doing business

Sold and on its way to Germany.
Thanks for looking.

M42 adapter sold!

Sold!
Thanks for looking.

A very large engine rebuild bill on my Mercedes

Besides, I was thinking of going all purist and using a K-5 with only my A50 f/1.2 for 6 months

30's - K30 f/2 and FA31 f/1.8, both are stellar

50's - 50 f/1.4 has always been well regarded for the image it produces, 50 f/1.7 or f/1.8 have always been equal or better than equivalent optically. LensTip gave the DA50 f/1.8 a great review. 50 f/1.2? Perhaps the best f/1.2 taking everything into consideration. The f/2.8 macro, everyone forgets about this one, needs a rebody but sharpness wise I doubt there are many 50s above it.

70-85s - LennyBloke has mentioned the highly regarded 85s, 77 is the compact version of the A85 and there is a thread on currently espousing the virtues of the DA70.

200s - The K200 f/2.5 has its fans, the A, F and FA f/2.8s are highly sought after even now and the DA continues this trend. 200 f/4.0 macro? by some accounts the 'ne plus ultra' telephoto macro.

Nope.

Sold!
Thanks for your queries and also for looking.

Provisionally Sold!

Well a Takumar 85 certainly feels like it is worth more that a EF85 f/1.8, the Tak's have always had stupid prices imo.