I used to ride a bike and sidecar. Great fun. I was thinking of getting a Russian "Ural" with sidecar wheel drive and a reverse gear for use in the snow. I got a bit fed up having to walk everywhere this winter!

K.

Pentax serial numbers never made any sense! They are infamous for being muddled and inconsistent, and that is before you factor in what might have happened to the camera in the meantime.

K.

What is an A2?

K.

The two most common reasons for technical failure of my photographs is either camera shake or too shallow a depth of field. With the K10D I rarely went above ISO 200 as I didn't like the noise. With the K20D I treat 200 as my usual ISO, often use 400 and now and again will go to 800. If I had the option of going to 1600, 3200 or even 6400 with acceptable (to me) noise I would use it either to keep the shutter speed up, or the DOF, or preferably both! I can manage with lower, of course. I used ISO 64 film for years. I can see nothing wrong with having the option. One might never need it or use it but if the technology can be developed to make it possible, why not?

K.

Euston station war memorial. SMC F 35-70mm lens, K20D.




K.

Luvverly...

Number six is excellent but I would crop just a little off the top so that the OOF batch of blooms is at the top mirroring the in focus group at the bottom. At the moment there is too much going on in the OOF area. IMO anyway.

Best wishes, K.

Nice shots and I especially like the first one. It may be just my monitor but the land part of the shots looks a bit over-saturated to me. Perhaps someone with a calibrated monitor could comment.

Best wishes, Kris.

Hmmmmm Cardinal Red with one of my two black ME Supers perhaps... :

I haven't kept very good records for 67 sales in my ebay database but what I have suggests the following. For comparison I have put in the prices from Ffordes:

67II £450-£550 (Ffordes £849)
67 £200-£300
300mm (Ffordes £350)
200mm £150 (Ffordes £199)
150mm (Ffordes £150-180)
135mm £150 (Ffordes £150-300)
105mm £90 (none listed)
90mm £125 (?? leaf shutter, Ffordes £200)
75mm I only have prices for the shift lens version: £400-450 (Ffordes £300-700!)
Not sure which teleconverter you have. Ffordes list a Pentax 1.4 at £295 and Vivitar 2x ones at £50-80.

My ebay sale prices are six months to a year out of date. I suggest you look at completed listings on ebay.

HTH. Kris.

In case anyone is wondering what this lens is like, this photo was shot with an example of this lens. (Hope you don't mind the extra plug, Robbie.)

K.