I have only just purchased the 12-24mm zoom (from SRS on Saturday afternoon) and am very impressed with it although as Matt says, composing pictures at 12mm is a bit of an art (one I am hoping to learn!). The one issue is the massive 77mm front element which is going to knock another hole in my wallet when I cough up for a polariser.

HTH. Kris.

BTW SRS is a very dangerous shop to visit. So many new toys just there, on the other side of counter, almost in reach, if only......

I went out this morning to try out my new 12-24mm zoom and ended up taking lots of photos with other lenses, as well as loosing my glasses. Here are some samples.

A frosty leaf.




Fence post abstract.




Shetland pony, contre jour




Sunny window:




And finally, one with the 12-24mm:




Comments welcome.

Best wishes, Kris.

I bought a 12-24 yesterday. All I can say is "wow".

Best wishes, Kris.

A friend of mine bought a K20D recently having seen my K10D and went on hols to Florida with it. He loved it apart from the "lack of zoom" on the kit lens (he is used to a point and shoot). Ideally, he wants a single "walk around" lens and not my bagful of assorted glass. Does the 18-250 generally get a thumbs up? He isn't likely to be trying anything fancy, mainly pictures of the kids and holiday shots.

Sorry to poach the thread a little from the OP.

Thanks, Kris.

Sounds to me there is something wrong with your camera body. When I press the green button on my K10D I can visibly see the aperture closing through the viewfinder. Is there anybody out there with a K100D that can test this?

I hope you sort it.

Best wishes, Kris.

An FA I assume?

Lightroom handles metadata very well but sadly it isn't cheap.

Picasa 3 is pretty good for browsing and will read PEF files but I do not know what its metadata handling is like.

Best wishes, Kris,

four for me too.

Hi. You don't mention which camera you are using. I think you have already done this but with the K10D you need to find the appropriate menu in Custom Settings to change "Using Aperture Ring" to "Permitted". Once you have done that you can set your lens to whichever aperture you want and when you take the photo the lens will stop down. It works fine for me so far.

The problem lies with the metering. I just tried an experiment with my SMC-M 40-80mm, SMC-M 200 F4 and SMC-A 50mm F1.4 (using the aperture ring). On all these lenses you can use manual mode and meter by pressing the green button. As you stop down one can observe an appropriate change in the shutter speed until f/5.6. From then on the shutter speed remains fixed and the picture becomes increasingly under-exposed until at f/22 it is virtually black. By increasing the exposure 4 stops from the f/5.6 reading a reasonably good exposure can be obtained once more.

No wonder A series lenses command a higher price on fleabay.

Best wishes, Kris.

I have one sale of the 24-35mm which went for £48 but as I only have the one it is not a good guide to price. I cannot help with the other items.

Best wishes, Kris.