Excellent stuff!

One man's meat is another's poison and all that - the main reason I don't rate Autocords is precisely because of their conventional cell focussing - give me a unit focussing lens any day. In my view it's one of the greatest strengths of the TLR design but Minolta (and a few others to be fair) just didn't get it...

I never did like the ergonomics of Bronicas (although I've never used an S2A admittedly). As for poor Tessars on 'cords; mine's been with me 20 years now and has seen off far more illustrious cameras (Hasselblad 501C/M, Linhof Super Technika) in the interim - and that's with a "lowly" Schneider Xenar.

My pleasure!

If there was a chart for value-for-money the Yashica-Mat would be my number 1 without hesitation. I can't think of a single camera capable of even approaching it's image quality that can be picked up for under 50 quid - and I've owned quite a few other cameras to compare it to!

Can't think of a top 10 SLR list so here's my top 10 camera list (only from those I've owned and shot - those marked with a "*" have been sold):

1 ) Rolleiflex 3.5E (only 'cos I've never owned a 2.8 model)
2 ) Pentax K10D
3 ) MPP Microflex
4 ) Yashica-Mat
5 ) Pentax Spotmatic SP
6 ) *Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta IV (miss this one)
7 ) *Praktina IIa (miss this one too)
8 ) *Pentax 645 (if I'd owned a 645N it'd probably place higher)
9 ) *Rolleiflex 3003 (huge mistake selling this one)
10) Rolleicord III

So only one digital camera (K10D), five SLR's (K10D, Spotmatic, Praktina, 645 and 3003), four no longer with me and two due to be sold in the new year (Yashica-Mat and Rolleicord).

Hopefully in 12 months there will be new entries for a Pentax 6x7/67, a Rolleiflex 2.8 (any version) and maybe, just maybe, a Pentax K-5.

This year I resolved to carry a camera with me everywhere and kept to it for most of the year (a few minor hiccups aside). I managed to get some quite passable photos but, as always, I hope next year's will be better still. I intend keeping this up for 2011.

I also resolved to quit 35mm film altogether but failed by running a few rolls through the Spotmatic and one through the Rollei 35S (since sold). Next year I will try to do better - I've flogged all but the CZJ 135mm Sonnar for the Spotmatic so it's not particularly user friendly right now, therefore not as tempting. I've still got a few other 35mm film cameras but none I really want to use - they may or may not trickle onto eBay over the year.

Finally, I resolved to use much more 120 film in 2010 and did so in style (6 in 2009, 50+ in 2010)! This year I intend to use around the same amount but not neccessarily in the same cameras as last year. I just love the look of medium format and a 645D is still out of my price range, so it's not on my shopping list for 2011. We'll see what the Lottery numbers bring...

What will I take photos of? Pretty much anything that's placed in front of me - some things never change.

Some lovely photos there - a good advert for always having your camera with you

Oh well, it was worth a try. Good luck getting it fixed!

The power supply may have blown a fuse. The internal clock battery would provide enough power to display the depleted battery warning.

If this is the case then it should be a quick and straightforward repair (ie. cheap), but probably one that only Pentax would undertake. Why not give them a call and see what they say?

I had this problem with my GR-D and Ricoh replaced the fuse free of charge, despite it being a year out of warranty. Obviously Pentax aren't obliged to carry out work for gratis (and it might be a more complex job - I have no idea where it would be located on a K100D) but if you ask nicely you have nothing to lose - the camera won't work as it is...

Have you tried re-naming them and sending again? It's a good idea not to have punctuation (such as commas) in file names as not all software can neccessarily read it.

SRB-Griturn (although they're closed now until January 4th).

Some socks, a book about classic British cars, a Terry's chocolate orange and some tobacco - nothing photo-related.

But in the run-up to xmas I did buy myself an MPP Microflex, a Zeiss Ikoflex IIa and a Rolleiflex 3.5E to add to my small TLR collection...