Depends what you are looking for... I have found a number of Pentax K and M lenses here in Leeds and also Skipton. There are a few FA lenses (power zoom and cheaper ones) and the shop doesn't want to let them go without the camera that they are attached it.

Erm... I've found one in Saltair in Shipley... Is that the place? Looks a bit more 'urban' than what I had in mind but, it is easy to get to...

EDIT: I don't want to turn up at the wrong place.

Sounds good to me...

No idea how I'd get there, seems to be in the middle of nowhere.

"Buses to and from Leeds: 64, 64A to Aberford, then approximately 20 mins walk - 2 buses per hour Monday to Saturday daytime, hourly service evenings and weekends. Direct buses: 56/7 summer holidays only."

Doesn't seem too bad...

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Yes, my Super A is a good size and weight, jut don't like the positioning of the controls as they are difficult to get to.

Imagine a Super A with an ergonomic redesign and the sensor from the K20D. You don't need a large screen on the back either,just enough for the histogram and to get the composition right.

Battery life with the new sensor means smaller batteries could be used as well.

I think what Pentax really need is an K1000 sized (or a little smaller, or better shaped for handling) 1.5x crop DSLR to gi with their wonderfully small lenses.

Someone mentioned about technology getting cheaper and a lot more advanced in terms of memory, processors, etc. This is because they are produced on smaller and smaller fabrication processes each year and the amount of materials and energy required to produce them also decreases drastically.

With large format chips that will always use a lot of power/resources to produce the price will hit a barrier that it can't go under unless they move manufacturing to a cheaper country or sacrifice on quality.

Mass production does help but when producing large and expensive chips it won't change that much as the fault rate will be quite high per square inch and affect a lot more of the stock. Processes do improve all the time but it is still very complicated to produce large chips which are wholly intact and functional.

With the quality of images from the K20D coming so close to what I've seen from something like the Canon 5D and having a higher resolution for a much lower price is very good. Ok the 5D is a bit old now but the only improvement cannon have made to their full frame sensors is resolution. Noise has not been improved on that much but some of the smaller sensors are catching up.

I think I like the idea of a 135 format sensor but I really like the flexibility a 1.5x crop sensor provides. With improved lenses we still get good wide angles and getting those telephoto shots is easier as you have lighter lenses. Lastly the smaller sensor allows for SR to be in body. you could not have a 135 format K mount body with SR as the image circle and mouth are too small.

I'm not really impressed with the performance of the 50-200 although the size is wonderful.

http://www.photozone.de/8Reviews/lenses/pentax_50200_456/index.htm

I've been seeing similar performance on mine, really want to get the DA*60-250F4 to replace it.

If you used a K10D in continuous shooting mode you'd really notice the difference between a 4GB SDHC and the Extreme III. The Buffer would fill up because the card would bottleneck it on the 4GB SDHC but you'd shoot till the card was full on the Extreme III.