It looks as though it's back up and running again

Hi Mannesty, I don't think I have a pig in a poke I hope I haven't. The later F3.5 looks like a beauty but they never come up S/H

Dangermouse: you are right it is PKA and as for size it is huge and weighs a ton, the best part of 2kg.

I have had a small play and it seems razor sharp but there is no daylight in the week any more what with work taking up the lightest part of the day. I will have to try to take it out this weekend, weather permitting, to see what it is capable of.

Out of interest it was on eBay for months at a BIN of £299 so I offered the seller £210 and he took it this is why I am a bit wary as to whether it is a good one. I assumed if it was a good one it would have gone weeks before and had I just been the fool who parts with his money. I suppose I just need reassuring that I haven't bought a duffer.

Impulse buy from eBay, but I'm wondering if I have bought a pig in a poke.
Does anyone have any experience of this lens and if so is it any good and what do you think it should be worth.

Sigma APO MACRO 180mm f2.8

I can't see the photos you just posted Mat of the brain coral

Hello everyone, all links to flickr images have disappeared on this site for me, am I on my own?

Mucky sensor, dust on it I'm afraid.

Jingle Jangle jewelery, Jimmy was as mad as a box of frogs but my childhood would not have been the same without him. A wonderful one of a kind.

A useful piece of free software is FSviewer I recommend you choose the portable version as it can be run from any location even a memory stick. It's great for fast viewing raw files rather than clogging up your memory cards with additional jpegs. It enables you to view them very quickly to delete the rubbish, oh, and you can do a small amount of editing. Very handy for those netbook moments.

A useful piece of free software is FSviewer I recommend you choose the portable version as it can be run from any location even a memory stick. It's great for fast viewing raw files rather than clogging up your memory cards with additional jpegs. It enables you to view them very quickly to delete the rubbish, oh, and you can do a small amount of editing. Very handy for those netbook moments.

Had to grab a shot or ten this morning of this scene with the low sun shining through the fog and silhouetting the horses. This was my fave.