If you reckon your camera is good for 100,000 clicks, then you have used about 3% of it's life (and cost) for your time-lapse sequence. A new K3 is about £700, so that's £21.00.

But cheer up. It would have cost a lot more if you were using film.

Ah, progress!

Bigger, heavier, more expensive, larger filters, more to go wrong.

It'll be interesting to see whether the improvement in image quality is sufficient to offset all the negatives.

Although I do appreciate that a camera with 36 megapixels deserves a sharp lens. Otherwise, it's rather a waste of a big sensor.

It's twice the length of the 1:1.2, which is very odd. Why?

How do you know that I haven't descended from the heights?

I am sorry that people are having problems with Nikon, though they put the occasional complaints about Pentax into perspective.

Anybody got any horror stories about Canon? Or does nobody dare admit to having anything to do with the Copiercam?

Well, I've got a lot of catching up to do! Nice to see so many old, familiar, faces. And some not so old, of course.

That last sentence looks a bit Delphic. I meant to write SELL something.

The F* has the enormous advantage of its built-in handle/stand, which the FA* lacks. I would go for another F* if mine got damaged.

I don't know how I missed that. Well done!

The Super A was Pentax's best affordable film camera in my view. The MX was great too, of course, but the Super A was more versatile.

That's kind. At the moment I am waiting and see how good or bad the one from Keith Rock is. If it 's no good, I may come back to you.

I suspect that WVBarnes is right, and that it won't be economicably viable. It's a much more expensive process than Ektachrome, and it will need a massive investment to get going. Not something that Kodak will want to take a bet on, at least until Ektachrome has proved that there is a big market for transparency film.

Still, it's interesting.

He's not any more!

Thanks. Now to sell the winder for £20 and I'll have a working £10.00 Super A.

I did recently acquire a non-working Super A in lovely cosmetic condition, so if this one is as rough as one should expect for that money I may be doing a bit of panel-swapping.

I have been after a nice Super A for old time's sake, and have been watching Ebay for ages in the hope that eventually I'd be able to pick one up for a tenner.

Well, I could, but not in anything approaching good condition. Good ones go for £80 or so, if not more, and LX prices are stubbornly high too.

Who is buying these cameras? Is there a resurgence in film photography, like the increasing interest in old vinyl records? Or is it just a blip?

And who has a nice Super A gathering dust, and would part with it for £30 to a good home?

Hope springs eternal...