By the way, Falls Creek Hotel's WiFi is glacially slow, so even opening Flickr to comment on everyone's fine images is extremely tedious.
So I am going to wrap on my month with the HD Pentax-D FA 1:1.4 50mm SDM AW.
It is, in a word, incredible.
Physically, it is certainly a big heavy lens - reminiscent in dimensions and heft to my DFA24-70 - but it balances well on the K-1. Build quality is impeccable, with that familiar Star lens finish but taken to even higher tolerances. The the big petal hood fits so snugly it looks integral when it's in use, and the focus ring is almost sensual. The
only thing that irritates me is that it lacks depth of field guides on the focus scale window.
Optically it's almost impossible to fault. It is the only lens I have used which truly sharp wide open, and maintains that to the edges. The bokeh transitions smoothly into the most buttery wash, and highlights are almost perfectly round across the frame even when stopped down. I didn't test the starbursts, but I have seen lovely examples from other users.
Autofocus is pretty quick, totally silent, and very accurate.
If the rest of the DFA* series maintains this standard, good times are ahead for Pentax.
As for my own participation in the challenge, my photographic mojo continues to be at a fairly low ebb, and my commenting has become a little slack. But I only missed three days (plus the first, when I did not have the lens), so I'll cut myself some personal slack