As of 7:00 UPS just left and I just completed the unboxing. Alas, it is already dark out, so I've only mounted it to my K-3 and pointed it at the other end of my living room. Sitting it on a table with the K-3 mounted it isn't front-heavy (balances on the tripod foot), so
perhaps my HD ballhead will do for a while. There's one of those crazy red moons coming . . . .
It is pristine, spotless glass, sharp aperture clicks and the tripod foot looks unused.
It includes the correct caps, the metal Asahi Pentax slip on front cap (Boz says 80mm, Phil says 84mm) and the pre-A rear cap, both spotless. They weren't showing in the eBay FS post, so $165 was really a steal.
For a 400mm lens it is surprisingly small and light. I've had and sold the K300/4 and the Takumar 500/4.5 (which is a monster) and this feels just slightly larger than the 300.
I can focus it through the viewfinder (checking in LiveView and enlarging the preview to 100%) so props go out to my eye surgeon - and thanks to the OP for pointing this out!!
Pic's follow -
Last edited by monochrome; 09-08-2015 at 06:02 PM.