So, I was thinking of tearing apart an old FD lens, as well as an old lens of mine and trying to mash them together. Is there anything functionally different between the operation of these two lenses? (i.e. shutter leaver works in the opposite way)

I did this not too long ago when I got my Sigma 30mm f1.4. At 1.4 the images just looked awful so I did a focus test on a ruler, and sure enough I think I set it to 110 as well. All my lenses look so much better now for this.

Yeah, saw that one on there too. It's alright if you're looking for a low-end zoom, so anything above 40GBP would be a bad deal / waste of cash.

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Not the best of images, but it all depends on what you're going to be using it for.

Would the shower work? That's pretty much equivalent to being dunked for a quick second in water. I'm not talking about 5 feet of depth, but rather just touching the top of the water.

So how waterproof are our cameras? Can you go swimming with a Pentax SLR if you've got a WR lens on?

Also, it might be helpful to show a 100% crop on an in-focus area

Depending on how much you want to pay, there is one on http://www.mifsuds.com/usedpriceindex.htm for 399GBP. A bit much for that IMHO though.

hah!

And Gwyn, you've got a bit of my mindset when it comes to the F2.8 - I love me my fast glass. I guess I've got to figure out if F4 is quick enough for me. Suppose I'll just lock my Sigma zoom in Av to F4 and run around like that for a few days to see how I feel on the short end.

I suppose it looks like the Tamron 17-50 versus the Pentax 16-45 then. Will have to look at the specs, just wish there was somewhere I could try them out... stupid Jessops.

Are there any adapters / ways to modify a fuji bayonet mount so that they will mount on a Pentax dSLR? Could I just take off the mounting bracket at the bottom of the Fuji and put a different mount on the bottom - would that work?

Well, as with LBA, I need more. More .... MORE!!! At least this time I know what I'm looking for. To start off with, b4 my LBA I had one lens, a 18-200mm Sigma which I used mainly between 18mm and 30mm when walking around. I've got a Sigma 30mm f1.4, but I don't know if a prime would make the ideal walk-around.

So I now want a better walk-around lens, and I think that my DA* 50-135 may be a lil to long at the wide side for that. So I've been batting around a few ideas in my head. While I would love it, the DA* 16-50 is just far to expensive. Also, the zoom range seems a bit limited. Now I'm trying to figure out what I need in a lens. Most of my shots are 24mm+/-, but I really like having a wide-angle lens every once and a while (16mm would be schweet), as well as a slight telephoto on the other side. I suppose I could do a photomerge in CS4 to get a bit wider if I needed, so because of that I've left out the UWA zooms (12-24). I've also got a very unhealthy addition to fast glass...

That narrowed me down to 17-70, 24-70, 28-105, or maybe even a 35-105 - but the 35mm may be a touch too wide. The only reason I would consider the 35-105 is that I found one for 125GBP which seems like a great deal. I've found a few Tamron 28-105's which are f2.8, that they are manual focus doesn't bug me but I'm more concerned about their weight. There are also tons of cheaper lenses with constant F4, or even variable apertures.

Given that I don't need AF, am leaning towards something older and slightly faster. I also want something in the 16-100mm range (+/- a tad bit). Last, I'm a big lad, but something this big won't do for me either.




So given all this what would you lads/ladies suggest? My budget is around 150GBP, and I'm looking at the used market.