So I have a k30 as my walk about and I love it. It pretty much has the 18-270mm on there all the time. I'm currently looking at my options regarding a telephoto zoom that's gonna occupy the longer end when I go to sports matches and do some casual nature photos. I don't want to carry too many lenses around hence looking for a zoom and not a fixed length lens.

I've been looking for a lens that's boarder line compact enough to carry around. Of course if Tamron made the 200-500mm for Pentax it would be perfect but they don't. I know one of my choices is the 150-500mm Bigma but I was wondering if anyone had any more suggestions? By compact I mean it still looks like a lens and not a telescope so the FA 250-600 is out and I don't really care about constant aperture. Oh and if anyone even thinks about mentioning mirror lenses...

I have a manual lying around somewhere...how much you offering?

I know, I was just kidding when I said that. I'll probably swap back to Av but I was really keen on giving Hyper-P a shot because sometimes I need that quick control of shutter speed. Shame there isn't as much control of it as there is on the K5.

So I'm starting to experiment with the modes and the P setting is great. I love having AV and TV at my finger tips without turning the dial.

I understand that the K5 has settings to change the P-line but the K30 doesn't for some reason.

So my question is, what is the P mode's priority? It seems to try and use the lowest ISO and the aperture is generally always wide open but in bright light it stops down instead of using a quicker shutter speed. As a lover of Bokeh, this will not do! But on a serious note, is there a way to have more control of this?

Cheers Steve

Final question. Pentax released firmware 1.04 for the K30. If my Camera came with 1.00, should I install the firmwares one by one or can I just straight to the latest?

Kit lens is no more. Tammy is also on eBay now but as always, cheaper here.

Two lenses for sale. The Tamron has been on my Kx for a while. Very good lens and it pains me to sell it.

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I've modded it to have a few white accents matching my White Kx but they can be removed (they are only sticky labels, no paint or anything permanent). Filter not included.

Next is an original 18-55mm black kit lens. Needs no introduction. Haven't got a picture of it at the moment because I'm gonna have to dig it out of storage. I haven't used it much at all.

I'm asking £200 plus shipping for the Tammy and £50 plus shipping for the kit lens.

I'm away for about a week until the 10th of April but I'm just putting this thread up in case anyone wants to make offers or anything.. They will be shipped from London, if not sold by the weekend of that week, they will be shipped from Cardiff because I'm moving there.

PS. Sorry for the atrocious image, it was taken with an iPhone because my Kx is kaput.

What about the Sigma 17-70? It's got HSM and at f2.8-4, is a bit faster than the Pentax equivalent and the 16-45.

Ok cool thanks for the input

Where's the best place I can sell it. The marketplace or eBay or elsewhere?