'Pusher' train, ain't it.... still outstanding shot (I'm not winning this fortnight then )

Well the package arrived last night, and i must say i'm chuffed to bits. All lenses as described and in very good condition, a quick check shows all operating correctly, though was v.busy so have yet to fit to the body and start playing (tonight I expect ).
Also in the case, unlisted, was a good quality 49-52 adaptor ! (saves me buying one and seems the p.o. had the same ideas as me) and the flash unit, although a basic centron one, worked perfectly as soon as some charged batteries were fitted

One question before i fit and test them, although they are in good condition with no apparent chips/sctratches/fungus, they are dusty (and caked on dust at that). So what is the best approach to cleaning the lenses ? Only the two pentax's will be Smc, but the vivitar and sirius obviously have their own coatings, and i'd like to carefully clean them without knackering them before i even use them


Oh and thanks for the examples above clarky, thats a great help and gives me a good starting point. (i'll begin with the 28 on the end of the 50 as i have the adaptor for that here, then reversing the 28 on its own as soon as i pick up a suitable reversing ring for it)

Also have a 100mm pentax macro (m42), bellows, tubes and adaptors etc on their way to me thanks to Galoot from here too

No the info on here hasnt been compromised, its just someone has managed to join as a 'member' and then spam PM'd to every other member

Yup, fake 'new user'. Well all be getting PM's about wonderfully priced training shoes next if were not careful....... (or rather the moderators aren't careful )

Its just an american reference, 'Caulk' is what we would know as sealant or grout in the UK. Theres a picture of the applicator 'gun' , then with the 'relax its just caulk' underneath. A poor joke about it looking like a gun i assume.

Bloody excellent. Ive ended up with a mid-range camera for less than any entry level one, and the kit lenses seem great (the reviews i'd read praising them as by far the best lenses bundled with any make of camera was the clincher to buying it). Couple of posts in the 'your pics' sections showing what ive managed so far. (The GF has a D300 and i don't feel that im lacking anything in comparison either)

Oh and the £369 also included free next-day-delivery too

If you tell them you have seen the prices in a magazine advert, you can get the body+ 18-55 for £319 and the dual kit for £369. (I did last week )

Thanks guys, yeah the 28 on the 50 was my first plan and i'll take it from there. Obviously the choice of lenses above wasnt intentional, just what came up in a suitable auction (pleased because i wanted a 50/1.7 anyway and they seem to make £40 so the rest of the gear for £30 odd quid is a major bonus) Plus the MZ is quite a respected film body from what i read, (the Mz-5 gets rave reviews, and the -m just seems to be missing the built in flash and the autofocus drive) so i have a film body for if i get back into the complicated side

I'll be sure to post results when I start......

This seems to be the definite guide to all the pentax technology and terminology,

Bojidar Dimitrov's Pentax K-Mount Web Page

taught me loads in a few hours

Hi all, getting along very well with my GX-10, and really fancy experimenting with some macro work. The idea of reverse fitting, sticking lenses to lenses etc appeals no end to me (i'm an engineer and love this sort of 'playing' with things to get weird and wonderful results)

Dont fancy playing about with my brand new kit lenses obviously, so to this end managed to win a handy looking little auction on ebay tonight. Got a This:-

PENTAX MZ-M SLR CAMERA (35mm Film) in good condition fully working. Comes with lenses, (listed below), Flash (not sure if this works as I can’t get it to flash), accessories, lens and camera case, filters (various colours) and operating manual.

Lenses:
1 x Vivitar 72mm, 28-200mm, 1:3.5 – 5.3 zoom + Hoya Skylight (1B) Filter
1 x Vivitar MC Tele Converter 2X PK-A/R-PK
1 x Miranda 52mm, 35-70mm 1:3.5 – 4.8
1 x Pentax-A 35-80mm, 1:4 – 5.6
1 x Sirius 52mm 1:2.8, f=28mm
1 x SMC Pentax-A 50mm, 1:1.7 + Hoya Skylight Filter

all for the grand total of £67.

This should give me some good material for some experiments, considering using some Cokin type adaptor rings stuck together to allow me to fix lenses to lenses, will get a reversing ring for the GX too, and i'll pick up some tubes at somepoint.

Now i'm assuming that quite a few on here have done similar in the past, so any pitfalls/pointers for me? I've got a fair idea of how to proceed but by all means put me right on what to do