Hover the mouse over "Gallery: at the top of the screen and click on the third option "competitions", then click either on the winner of a past one, or the text of the current one.

Not too much to go wrong with a set of extension tubes though!

I must admit that as I am buying for myself, I stick to better described items. My one punt on a KX (not through ebay) was pretty dire. The "freebie" was a filter with a hole in it I got my money back, eventually, but only after consulting with Trading Standards and threatening to go to small claims court. I have, however, had some really nice items. The ES was lovely, the SPII was in great nick, and the K 135mm f/2.5 is a stunner.

Older primes have held their value against older zooms, but the newer zooms are so much better that it isn't a good guide as to what might happen. The big advantage of primes is the speed compared to zooms so if you regularly shoot in low light a prime might be the way to go. I have the 12-24mm which I love (stunning lens) and a 43mm prime. I cannot comment on the 55-300mm lens but I know John Riley likes it, and he has plenty of experience.

Cheers, Kris.

I thought hoods had become the item of choice for protecting your lens now that filters are out... [ducks and runs for cover...]

Just goes to show how much difference a sensible listing makes. These large packages of stuff rarely make as much as selling the parts separately. There is a set of Pentax extension tubes going at the moment with a 135mm lens. The tubes are described as "mystery Pentax item... we don't know what these are for..."

You'll make a tidy profit on that one. Did you notice someone asked for the "megapixle" of the SFx :

Check out Bojidar's website.

I'm not far from St Albans. If it is a nice day I'd like to ride, but as I say depends on the lady love as she won't ride pillion (sensible lass).

We'll see nearer the time perhaps?

Best wishes and thanks for the offer, Kris.

You deserve the price for the Rollei just for the length of the description...

62 quid. You'll top that by some margin.