well, the first roll is off for developing... will report back next week!

Hi both, thanks for the welcome - I'm excited to get started with my first 'proper' camera as a Pentax (not my first Pentax though, that's a beat up W10 that's still going after at least five years of 'active' lifestyle! :mrgreen

thanks for the tip Jonathan - it's ISO200, difficult to say I guess but should I be looking to set it around 64? Lower perhaps?

So, hi everyone!

Over the bank holiday weekend I decided to take the plunge into the world of film - picked up an ME Super with the 50mm f1.7 (is that how you should write that?? Naming conventions are still a bit baffling!) as well as a Cosina Cosinon 28mm f2.8 (wide angle) and an Ozeck 135mm f2.8. Various old films, filters and a 2x tele converter also. Hopefully enough to get me started anyway!!

I enjoy taking photos, but have recently realised that an awful lot of the pictures I take, and for some reason still keep, are dreadful, not even worth keeping to 'capture the memory'. I was probably in a bit of a philosophical mood, but decided that it must be because storage is so abundant, and that film would be a way to get back to taking a picture worth taking by spending some time on each picture etc... that and I just love the look of the older film cameras!

Currently most of the way through a very out of date film that came with the camera and intrigued to see how well (badly!) things turn out - my expectations aren't too high given the 8 years since the film expired!

I've got a number of 'newb' questions rattling around, but I'll save those for new threads perhaps.

Thanks for your time!