To be fair, the lack of grain may be down to the film and developer combo (HP5 and Ilfotec HC). I don't see much on the negatives or the scans.

I just found a rapid-fire slide carrier for the scanner I use, will have to order one. You load the slides into a hopper from where a lever flicks them through a chute into the scanner, the next slide presumably pops the previous one out of the far side. The standard slide carrier is a bit fiddly to load and only holds four, so this thing would speed the process up.

I'm not actually sure. It's my Dad's K2 which has sat unused for some years and is unlikely to see more use in his hands since he bought a K7, so I've given it a good clean and new light seals with a view to borrowing it for a roll or two of film over the summer (as it's the only original K-body I haven't used).

I can get it onto ISO 200 or 400 with some effort but it's nothing like as easy as the selector on my KX or KM. I did try a few drops of lighter fuel but they didn't seem to make any difference.

Sent you one from a slide and one from B&W negatives, hope they're helpful!

I've given it serious thought. The sensor on my K-m has to be better than that on a £99 film scanner, the only thing I'm not sure about is whether there'd be a problem with crop factors (duplicators designed for 35mm cameras, not APS-C sensors)?

I have an Ion "Film 2 SD" scanner which can handle negatives or slides (came with two carriers, plus a third for roll film). Scan quality is fine for prints up to A4, I haven't really pushed it much. It is much better at B&W film than colour slide though - I find slides tend to need a bit of tweaking and the scanner misses the subtleties you see when projecting the slides the old way. I'd still recommend it though, it's really simple to use. All the B&W shots in my portfolio here were scanned with it.

There's a cheap Spotmatic ERC on ebay at the moment. Could be good for protecting the camera until you can find an original case? I know the K series will fit in these cases (my KM came with one) so the ES II should as well.

I'm not entirely surprised that it does work though - isn't it widely suspected that this is a slight tweak of the old FA 35mm f2 design? I know they have the same number of lens elements in the same places. I'll try a couple of shots with mine on my Super A with the current roll of film, that does tell you what aperture it's using and if I put it in Tv mode the aperture can be controlled in a rather roundabout way.

I'd also wonder whether the DA 40mm is an update of the old M 40mm. Same length, same aperture, same number of elements and groups...

Edit, try black and white as a way around the dev/scan problem. It's really simple to develop Ilford HP5 (I just followed the instructions to the letter and got a perfect roll first time), although with the Z70 you'll need a film leader recovery tool if you want to use one of the Rondinax dev tanks (highly recommended, much easier than the Paterson drums). You can buy a surprisingly decent film scanner for about the £100 mark which, while seeming expensive, has to be seen as a long-term investment. Once set up all you'll need is the odd bottle of developer/stop bath/fixer and film to keep it ticking over. I reckon it probably costs me about £4 for 38 images.

I will admit that "Licence to Kill" played some part in my wanting a medium format system. Unfortunatly my ETRSi has yet to display the ability to shoot anything other than film...

Aside from the ISO selector ring an excellent camera. Speaking of which, does anyone have advice on getting that part to operate as intended? Quite often when you press the black tab in it doesn't release the film speed selector properly.

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