Have enjoyed my experience with Pentax, but I'm making the move to full frame. So it's time for a big sale. I've sold a 31mm ltd here on this forum before using paypal gift transfer. Prices are ONO, assume paypal gift transfer, and do not include postage. Buyer to pay actual postage using method of their choice. Will ship anywhere in EU. Cash and collect in person from near Keighley is fine and preferred. I'm also happy to courier the items into Manchester or Leeds city centres for the price of the train fare (< £10).

Pentax K-5 w/ D-BG4 grip, 2 genuine pentax batteries and Carry Speed LCD vFinder - £865
Includes charger and strap. Camera, grip, and battery were purchased new 4 months ago. Fantastic condition. Would like to keep this as a package as the vFinder mount is already on the camera, but if there are no takers then eventually I'll split it up.

Pentax K-x w/ focusingscreen.com K3 focusing screen w/ rule of 1/3rds grid - £305
Great working condition. Camera was purchased in april 2010. Some marks due to usual wear. Will include original focusing screen as well.

Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 - £240

Pentax 43mm f1.9 ltd - £520
Includes box and pouch.

Pentax 77mm f1.8 ltd - £580

Pentax 135mm f2.5 -£125
This is the genuine Asahi Pentax version, NOT the inferior Takumar version of this lens. Includes original hard case and clip on lens hood.

Pentax 18-55 DA L kit lens - £25

Pentax f-remote - £15

Hoya 49mm HMC UV(C) filter - £10

2x B+W 49mm Digital Pro MRC UV filter - £20 each

Hoya 67mm HMC Super UV(0) filter - £20

B+W 49mm #106 Solid ND 1.8 Multi-Coated Filter (6-stop) - £40

B+W 49mm Circular Polarizer MRC Filter - £45

Raynox DCR-150 - £30

tiffen 58-49mm step down ring - £8.50

Pentax 49mm clip on lens Hood for "1:2 85mm 1:2.8-4 100mm" - £10
I used this with the 43mm ltd

Pentax 49mm screw on metal lens hood for "1:3.5 135mm 1:4 150mm 1:5.6 200mm" - £10
I used this with the 77mm

2x 8GB SDHC Cards - £4 each

Pictures coming soon...

right, good to know

thanks for the link, but i've got a spyder 3 pro I can use to calibrate it

Thanks again guys... think I'll be getting the LG IPS231p, would have never come across it without this forum! Seems like a good one to start with until i can afford a significant step up.

Many thanks for the replies so far. Really helpful Keep-em coming if anyone else has any ideas!

Indeed DVI will be used (well, apple display port -> DVI adapter).

Would love to have a screen with a greater color gamut than sRGB, but like Anvh said, it'll cost me. So I'm fine sacrificing that for now to keep things cheaper.

Just wondering if anybody has any good budget monitor suggestions for digital darkroom usage. I'm looking at getting an older used 23" apple cinema HD display (seem to go for about £250 on ebay), and just wondering if there are some other good options i should look at. Preferably used to keep it as cheap as possible. I have access to a Spyder 3 pro to calibrate whatever I get.

Until now I've only used the glossy LCD of my macbook pro, and although after calibration the colors are pretty good, I don't like the the extra punchyness that the glossy screen gives it (seems like the contrast and saturation are amped up when compared side by side to a calibrated apple cinema HD). Need something a bit more faithful to edit on.

thanks a bunch for any suggestions!

+1, no point in buying a lens for just one occasion.

My personal favorite when I head out with a small prime kit is 15/43/77 (if i need macro, i bring a DCR-150 which goes onto the 77). Small light and stunning glass.

Maybe if you do a lot of macro work, then I'd use a dedicated macro lens and go 15, 35ltd & 77. That would be a pretty sweet combo and tiny to boot. In fact if i didn't need the speed of the 43, i'd probably have a 35ltd.

If it helps, i used to use that 31 with a stepdown ring to 49mm and used my 49mm polarizer on it (like you all my other lenses used 49mm filters at the time). Since the 31mm was built as a full frame lens, stepping down to 49mm resulted in no vignetting.

I recently acquired a K-135 f/2.5 which is the same way. 58mm filter size, but steps down to 49mm no problem.

don't sell the 31 just because it uses 58mm filters! I feel you on the size though, that was my issue with it...

Ah the old Raw versus Jpeg. Not to sound snide, but I think if you have to ask the question then it really doesn't matter, save yourself some storage and time and stick to jpeg for the time being.

I think it's one of those natural progressions that every digital photographer goes through. You start of shooting JPEG because you can't be asked to learn all the ins and outs of raw processing. Then eventually you start running into the limitations of JPEG and you switch over to RAW. Or alternatively you turn into a sports/news/some-other-prolific shooter and you don't have the time to deal with processing so you stick with JPEG, but at least you know why you're doing so.

RAW is great, but if you're not going to take advantages of the flexibility it affords you, then it's just a waste of time and storage. IMO the image quality difference is not worth the effort between an in-camera JPEG and one that gets spit out of your processor of choice, it's the exposure latitude, white balance correction, etc... that makes it worth the effort.