The tulip image is particularly sweet. K.

PS Harrow used to give a PUF discount. Worth asking. K.

I doubt there is anything much in it between the two models so I'd do the nicer one first. Harrow have always done a good job on my LX, once for a sticky mirror (although not the classic sticky mirror problem) and once when I dropped it and bent the rewind shaft. Owch.

K.

Chris at SRS said that sales were picking up now the price had come down to something more sane.

K.

Pentax aren't the only people to make over-priced accessory viewfinders for their cameras. Have you seen the cost of some of the Leica optional viewfinders for their rangefinders? On the other hand, this little gadget appears to work well and isn't too expensive.

K.

Posted and sold in four hours. That's pretty good going! K.

I have both the M50 and both models of the K135 and can vouch they are lovely lenses. What I don't have is the hood!

Good luck with the sale, excellent lenses at a good price.

Kris.

Cheers, Kris.

Yup, it is one heavy chunk of glass, but lovely...

A true macro lens simply focuses closer than a standard prime. Having set the camera up on a tripod in approximately the right position you focus as usual. If you want a greater or lesser magnification you then have to move the camera and refocus. Alternatively, if you want a specific magnification you set the lens to that and move the whole camera to focus. A focus rail can be a great help in this.

As far as I am aware, there aren't any true macro (i.e., 1:1) zoom lenses. Although some zooms have a "macro" setting, often they only go down to 1:2 or 1:4.

Hope this helps. Kris.