Did you see that massive sale of K series glass on ebay the other week? Everything from a K15 to a K2000, and the latter came with the original tripod too. I didn't intend to start collecting K series glass but I do now have nine of them. Problem is, the ones I don't have are getting increasingly more expensive!

K.

I would think the best of modern zooms would give better IQ over all but the very best of the 'classic primes'. What you gain, usually, is speed, size and weight, and the pleasure of using nicely made older glass. And this is from someone who has lots of older glass and loves using it...

K.

Good old emiliaarts is now trading as "uk-enterprise"...

How do I know? A while back I moaned at him for bad descriptions, particularly of lenses. As a result he put: "Welcome, lamerlad. Visit my Store to see new items that you might like" on his listings.

He doesn't seem to be a bad dealer, just an over-priced one.

K.

I enjoyed that but I am not about to trade all my gear in for a lego camera!

K.

The LX is all metal.

K.

I misunderstood the title. Aerial photography for me is what you do from planes, not of planes. Big thing in archaeology...

K.

1. Errrr, probably. The first K series cameras where very similar in size to the spotties. The big change came with the M series. Someone with a K2 (Danger mouse, where are you? ) will know better than I.

2. AFAIK, plastic bodies did come in with the P series, although the A3/A3000 feels pretty plasticy too.

K.

The 50-135mm is a wonderful lens but it ain't small!

I agree with Mike, this one looks really nice for a change rather than most of their other coloured editions. I'd love one, but somehow I don't see it happening...

K.

I don't doubt that other makes of slides are vulnerable too, but in this particular box of c. 1000 slides or so, the only ones so far with really bad fungus are the Agfachrome ones. They are by no means the oldest ones in the box. Quite a mixture of films used including Kodachrome, Boots, Agfachrome and some no-name ones. Thankfully, the PEC-12 cleaner and PEC-pads I have seem to get rid of the worst of it. You can still see marks on the surface but they don't appear too badly on the scans.

K.