johnriley wrote:
The one thing missing from modern cameras is the sheer pleasure of operating the wind on mechanism of the ME Super. It should be as smooth as silk...gorgeous engineering.

sraff wrote:
I picked up a ME super with a SMC Pentax 50 1.7 the other week from a recycle centre, neither in A1 condition.
Anyhow couple of things regarding the body. I'm not sure if this is normal or not but the shutter release does not fire without a film inserted (I haven't tried with a film inserted). The winder clicks out of place from the body with a little touch and then winds from there and then needs manually click back into the body. As I wind the counter goes up but I can still press the release fully down without the shutter firing. Is this normal, would putting a film in do the trick or is this one for spares?

The other thing is the battery cover for the meter does not stay in place, like its a tiny bit too small. Just wondering if thats common or maybe the wrong one fitted?

I'm really keen to have a working ME super so if this ones no good I grab another.

Thanks for any help.

rhayles wrote:
Every time I take a snap using the eye viewer I leave a smudge over the viewer from my face. Is this just me? I remember reading somewhere of an add on to the eye piece that sits at an angle away from the viewer and, if I recollect corectly, also gives a 2x magnification as an aid to manual focusing for macro. Does anyone know of such and can point me in the right direction..Thanks..

Roscoe wrote:
http://www.pentax.co.uk/en/photo.html

Hope this helps ,Lilly, but I'm surprised that your dealer, did not upgrade the firmware for you, those nice people at Park Cameras did all this for me!
Roscoe