Please don't dump the camera and lenses! Plenty of people will want them and I'm trying to avoid temptation!

K.

I think I already answered this question on the other forum. Did you see that post? Thanks, Kris.

That was a more sensible price. K.

For years Pentax sold f/1.2, f/1.4. f/1.7 and f/2 50mm lenses and so I can see no inherent reason to discontinue the 1.4. Even in M42 they had a 50/1.4, 55/1.8 and 55/2 lenses. Stranger things have happened, though.

K.

Any chance you have an FD-2? link

Thanks, K.

Blimey.

I have been trying to get a FD-2 for a while but am really cheap about it! Then I'll have the full set.

K.

I have one of these too and it works fine. Goes a treat on my ES.

K.

If I am just going out and want to take something with me I tend to wander into the study, look at the selection of cameras and lenses, and grab what takes my fancy today. The FED2 with the Industar-26m maybe? My LX with the 50mm f/1.2 lens? The ES with the SMC Takumar 55mm? Or perhaps the SFXn with the F35-70mm lens? (Film cameras are generally so cheap at the moment I have ended up with far too many.) If I am going out to take specific photographs, I take the kit appropriate to the image, e.g., the K20D with my Sigma 50mm macro lens for photographing wild flowers.

My biggest problem is when I am going travelling as sometimes too much choice can be a pain. Last year when I went to Romania for work I took the K20D with the kit zoom and the Sigma macro for work purposes, and my LX along with the K28/3.5, K50/1.2 and K135/2.5 lenses for fun. As it was the sensor on my K20D died and had to be replaced and I ended up using the LX and BW film for the work images too! I won't even start on what I took to Venice...

K.

Very nicely composed image. K.

Thank you both. The slight sparkle is the spring blossoms starting to come through.

Best wishes, Kris.