You have done the right thing in putting it on an auction site. Film is dead and is not coming back.. Some here will disagree Because it has a certain nostalgic value for some. More trouble than its worth...

Totally agree with Mike-P. The 16-45 is a cracking lens, But not that much better than a kit lens in my opinion. If you want to save a little. Just slightly wider and faster. 50mm 1.8 is a must for any low light work. The 55-300 DA or DAL is a great all round performer delivering decent results. The auto focus hunting will drive you crackers. But for the money there's nothing to touch it...

Very nice set well executed.

Well done Derek. Good story..

Yes well done indeed... How dis they find out about the images you had..

The biggest wrong here for me is the shooting position. It would have been a much better result had the camera position been much lower. The little lad does not look comfortable at all. I also think the shoes add nothing to the image and I would consider some kind of vignette to hold the image.. Just my thoughts...

Just a thought but some images of aircraft actually in the air may have been a good idea. Don't you think..

Both shots taken with a Tamron 70 - 200. Second one being a very, very heavy crop.

A Tiger on the Prowl


World no 4 Matt Kutcher

Alan Marlow had two goes at fixing my DAL55-300 and didn't resolve the issue I had paid for. So I took it to JPSS as I work in there locality. Yes they are more expensive. But they replaced the mount while I waited. Obviously a fairly straight forward repair and its been perfect ever since. Not having a go at Alan as such. As he has looked after me very well on other occasions. The point I want to make is that JPSS As far as Pentax repairs are concerned are not that big a concern as you might at first imagine. So I would recommend you speak to them again as it looks like wires are crossed somewhere. Usually they will supply a complete estimate before any works commence. On my repair they also happily passed on the Pentax user discount only asking me to provide my membership number. Thank god for internet phones..lol (Im not a plus member)Maybe I just got lucky...