I had conversation with one nice gentleman, but he wanted much lover price than I was ready to sell: https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/w-t-b--pentax-fa-645-150mm-2-8-46447

But after conversation, I checked my pics and decided to keep FA 80-160 zoom and FA 150 too. It`s so dreamy lens!

I started my second passion with photography when affordable digital cameras appeared. After extencive study I bought Panasonic Fz10 on that day when it appeared for sale on BHphoto.com

I was so avid Panasonic superzoom shooter. And even rather successful - pic of week at Photo.net, couple of local, russian and international contests.

My jorney with Panasonic ended two years later... Just because it was stolen from my girlfriend`s flat. We went to supermarket for 20 minutes, closing two spyder type metal doors (spyder type - where in all directions comes out steel rods). And when we came back, opened both doors, there was complete chaos... Flat is located on 3rd floor and thieves arrived through balcony - first and second floor flats had steel grid on their balcony, so, it was good stairs for thieves.

And both supersecure doors secured thiewes - when doors started to make opening noise, they had plenty of time to evacuate. May by for my and girfriends luck - we didn`t met them. Although feeling was rather unsecura and unpleasant checking out all rooms at that moment.

So, I lost my lovely Panasonic... And searching lombards in that area, checking advertisements on web with hope to notice my Panasonic somewhere (it wasn`t possible to buy it in Latvia, our official representative didn`t imported that model to Baltic states), I found an interesting add for Pentax...

Pentax MZ6 + Grip + FA 50mm/1.4 + Sigma 24-70mm+ ten films+photobag+shutter cable and some filters... for 100 LVL (~120GBP).

I called to them and agreed to met with seller. Advertisement seemed suspicious, but after phone conversation with young russian guy it seemed totalyy suspicious - we agreed to met a 22:00 on street where is located mental hospital for those guys who is prisoned.

I took with me an expert (other young guy who were pentax user and I knew him personally), so arriving that area, with old and dirty wooden houses, blinking yellow street lamps, zero people on streets... Real heroin people area.

We walked down the street, and further down the street there was no lamps anymore. Expert vants to turn back, but I convince him to check out that street number - just two houses left.

Finding that house number, we stare onto old and partially rotten 3 floor wooden building... On one side of building is plate "Church ortodox baptists, etc something like this". My expert wants to leave again (don`t want to get into some kind of sect), I convince him to call and see what will happen.

Call is answered again by young russian guy - he comes to us and seems small, skinny, intelligent and polite person We feel encouraged to follow buy our anathomical superiority). Ok, we are going into church and he ask us to wait a 10 minutes till end of mess or whatever. We seat down and wait... Church is tiny, romantic, really budget option without any kind of gold plated decorations, paintings and iconas.

Arrives pastor, asks us to follow to second floor. Ok, we follow....

He brings to me photo bag and asks to check out items till he changes clothes. We opened bag, but there is mint camera and mint lenses with all papers showing that camera was bought half a year ago at our official Pentax store. So 1,5 yearss warranty left.

Arrives our pastor (now he has jeans and "grandmas knitted look" sweater) and shows us Minolta dimage superzoom z2 - he bought digital superzoom and decided to move away from film era. He says that Pentax Mz6 made 100 actuations and forth film is still inside.

So, we paid asked 100 LVL to our friendly pastor, and went away with really surprised feeling.

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So I`m stuck with pentax. From that time I got more than ten medium format AF lenses, more than 20 af 35mm lenses, more than common sense PTTL flashes (I have ten of them, because sometimes I shot weddings together with second shooter).

My Fa 50mm/1.4 is kind of saint lens for me.

One must swith it on... And then that screen will show blinking RICOH for five seconds! One can chose efects - emerging flowers, fireworks, star wars or ninjas with sharp swords.

These are travelling all around the world. So, I am starting to assume, that traditional, glamurous and so pro images will never get so huge attention.

Truly proffesional visual communication!

I have one...

And usually prefer FA 75mm; FA 120macro and FA 200mm. Somehow prefer longer or shorter.

I`ll think about sell/not to sell till tomorrow.

I checked out ffordes too - my item do not have lens hood, although I can`t see any scratches on painting or any other marks. It is noticable used lens, but seems slightly better quality than ffordes (their sample has marks on hood bayonet - mine do not have). I bought it absolutely mint a lot of years ago and have mounted on camera may be 5 times. But due to change of works/getting married/ changing living places I just lost box with hood on some transit point.

But I have soft pouch - ffordes do not have one.

Wanted to write down here:

Lens is sold to Smoked - polite and friendly customer from Russia.

At beginning I was worried to send out so expencive gadget, but everything went smooth!

Those three engineers and their manager will finish product according to project plan, even if there is some circumstances, flaws, strange behavior at some specific situations. They will not stop R&D new project implementation if it not super perfect. Just because they hawe families, children and want to eat time by time.

That`s why we need to pay extra attention to features like this. To understand strengths and weaknesses of new features. Pentax is improving SAFOX all the time. It becomes better and better, but... Still two times worse than leaders.

Because we are not just Pentax fanboys and might talk about technical principles of digital image in general.

I copied link above (from copetitor`s forum) and there is compared all kind of moire functions for k-3 (see on bottom roof images).

It is obvious that these shake simulations can substitute AA quite efectively. Besides, author of original photo just assured that AA was off.

What I mean - when one shots even animal, it seems better to use AA or simulation, because animals and birds have repeating pattern.

In worst case there is risk to get one spectrum of rainbow, like on blue neckerchief.

p.s. For K-3 right setting is to use not antialiasing filter simulators, but Strong Moire removal tool: http://www.pentaxforums.com/reviews/pentax-k-3-review/moire.html
It`s from new Olympus review and picture circulated on forums uncountable times. Here: http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/olympus-e-m1/olympus-e-m1A.HTM