Yup, definitely not subtle but still tempting to have a 24mm f/1.4 lens as, in terms of FoV, it is a nice focal length on APSC.

K.

Not certain why you'd need AF for an 8mm lens... Stick it on about f/8 and everything will be in focus!

K.

Depends which zoom and how old you mean. There are some turkeys out there and some gems. Try looking at the pentaxforums lens reviews database. Take the overall rating with a pinch of salt (as they are a mean and one person voting 1 can skew the results, they should use the median ideally) but it is worth casting your eye down what people have said.

K.

Apparently Samyang are going to be releasing a 24mm f/1.4 lens including a PK fit model. Sounds a very tempting proposition to me. I'm more than happy using manual focus so the lack of AF is of no concern to me.

K.

My first digital camera was the Canon G2 which was 4MP. I used to print A4 sized images perfectly happily and was amazed at how clear and sharp they were. I loved that camera and was very upset when someone nicked it. I have never been as happy with any of the compact cameras I have bought to replace it despite the increased number of pixels. So much so that I sometimes consider buying another one from ebay. The sad thing is that it cost me something like £450 when I bought it originally, and now sells on ebay for £30...

Seems pretty good to me. You wouldn't want to print it at A3 but 'normal' print sizes would probably be perfectly acceptable.

K.

I find it hard to believe any digital camera will be usable in 30 years time. USB socket? What's a USB socket? Any one here heard of an SD card? Any one know how to convert a K10D PEF to jpeg2040? They'll be as much use as a BBC Microcomputer... Hopefully we'll still be able to use our k-mount lenses though...

K.

If and when I upgrade my K20D I'll go straight to the K5, unless something else is on offer by then! LOL... The areas where the K7 is an improvement on the K20D aren't ones I'm very bothered about. High ISO IQ is something that tempts me a great deal.

K.

They are probably hoping people will think it is the 'K' 135mm f/2.5 which is a bit nicer than the f/3.5 versions (but not £149 worth of nice. I got mine for about £70 I think...).

£200 for a good LX with some sort of guarantee is a good price.

K.

I'll keep my eye out Matt. I have more lenses than any one person really needs so I'm in no rush!

Back to ebay madness. There is a listing at the moment for a Pentax camera with two F series lenses but for some reason the seller has put (Minolta) every time Pentax is mentioned.

I asked:
To which I received the reply:
I wonder what the seller thinks "Pentax" means?

K.