Personally I've used white vinegar or normal optical cleaning spray successfully to remove fungus, just dunk a cotton bud in either and swab the fungus away.

I keep meaning to try that technique after reading that this is why very early street photos have no visible people in them (as the shutter speed was too slow to catch them, unless they stood still for ages).

I think it could be quite a good one if you could obtain a few ND filters and get onto a balcony or rooftop overlooking a normally busy street. Set the tripod up and use extreme NDs to allow a 30 second exposure.

I've never been entirely sure how far away infinity should be anyway - I recently spent some time trying to get an old K 28-50mm adjusted by the simple approach of attaching it to my Super A (which has a split focus screen), putting it on a tripod, then lining up on a ridge line which I would guess to be about five or six miles distant. Hopefully that was far enough!

I'm given to understand that there is free software which will convert ebook formats into each other. I would want to grab some out-of-copyright stuff from Project Gutenberg and similar sources so the ability to add content which wasn't bought from Amazon would be handy.

I've been intrigued by the Kindle promising "free 3G for life" and "free 3G web browsing". There must be a catch somewhere but I can't find it, unless it's the obvious one that browsing with it will be limited.

I have the exact opposite problem - all M42 lenses underexpose horribly on my K-m with a genuine Pentax adapter. I could use a handheld meter but to be honest why bother? I'll just stick to K or M series glass for my vintage lens fix as that works perfectly with stop-down metering. Prices are much the same as Takumars and in any case the K series are effectively SMC Taks with a K mount.


Back to the topic, I expect my camera bag to be somewhat lighter after the 35mm arrives as I won't be lugging the A 50mm f1.7 or the K 28mm f3.5 about. Neither will be going anywhere however - the 50mm is going onto my Super A while the 28mm will be in my pocket when I'm out with my KX or KM.

Nope, I have an SMC Tak 135mm f3.5 and that doesn't work either!

As soon as I work out why my ES II's light meter occasionally cuts out for no reason (but comes back if you wiggle the stop down switch and half press the shutter) I will be putting a roll of film in and using both.

I have a Super Tak 35mm f3.5 but have never managed to get it to work on digital. Photos are invariably seriously under-exposed regardless of what settings I use, which doesn't happen with K mount lenses. Must sort my ES II out and give it a go on that.

I wouldn't try opening a long zoom up. However, there are people who can strip and clean lenses. It may be worth asking for a quote from a repairer.

I did manage to clean out a K 28-50mm but that was a bit of a pain, especially when it came to re-setting the infinity position on the focus mechanism.

And to think I just start at the front and keep going until I finish reading!