I'm not sure in what sense I am wrong? I didn't argue for or against a long telephoto v. a longer zoom, did I (which is what you seem to be implying)? Nor did I argue for a k-mount mirrorless v. a small one, or medium format v. "full frame". My comment was simply that for a certain segment of the world, the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

If you go back through old threads you'll find people arguing passionately for Pentax to release a super telephoto and other people warning them that it would be an expensive, niche market product. Well, it has come to pass that Pentax have released an expensive super telephoto (although I doubt it'll stay at that price point very long) and the silence from that quarter is deafening.

The lens I really want is such an expensive niche market product that as much as I would like one I have no expectation Pentax will release one. Thankfully, Samyang have released something close, and that is where my pennies will go.

Best wishes, Kris.

Yup, lots of old film lenses used on a full frame camera on a almost daily basis. Currently using a full-frame Pentax SV and KX. Sometimes I even put them on my K20D so it doesn't feel too neglected!

Seriously though, there is nothing sacred about the 35mm format. You could make the sensor any size you please, and any shape! The shame with film cameras is when the film size is no longer attainable. For example, the demise of Efke means that all those beautiful baby Rolleis that took 127 format film are likely to become ornaments.

K.

Sadly? I'm banking on it! I've only ever bought two new cameras in my life: an ME Super in 1982 and my K10D in 2007.

K.

Sometimes I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

We need a supertelephoto lens!

It'll be expensive...

The supertelephoto lens is too expensive, we need a long zoom...

It'll be expensive...

We need a mirrorless camera!

It's too small, why can't we have a k-mount one?

Wow that K mount mirrorless is big and boxy... we need a smaller mirrorless...

Pentax need s pro-spec camera.

Blimey, that 645D is expensive, Pentax should make a FF camera!

It'll be expensive...

Does the phrase "you cannot win" ever come to mind?

K.

I wouldn't be surprised if it is a little more expensive but as long as it isn't as hugely expensive as the Canon 17mm TS I'll be saving up my pennies. I might even have to sell a lens or two.

K.

As my mother was a cleaner and my father a shop steward I fail to see what class has to do with good spelling and grammar? I also thought that one of the aims of socialism was to educate the masses, as ignorance was seen to be one of the main tools of suppression?

Now I am going to go and photograph a dahlia.

K.

Actually the 's' or 'z' variants in spelling some words is not a US UK difference, but an Oxford English Cambridge English difference. Unlike many languages in the world, we have no central organisation dictating spelling.

In Romania, for example, the correct spelling of words is laid down by the Romanian Academy. In the communist period, there was an attempt to minimise how Latin the language looked which was changed in 1992 to partially revert to older spellings. 'Sint' (with a circumflex over the i) meaning 'I am' became 'sunt' and 'piine' (again with a circumflex over the first i) meaning bread became 'paine' (with a circumflex over the 'a').

Language is a fascinating thing! I still cannot stomach "fixe's" though.

K.

IR pics are a bit like marmite. Personally, I love marmite. Really nice stuff. K.

Just picked up this interesting link from the US fora. I've never pushed Tri-X to 3200!

K.

Yippee!