The ideal portrait lens is generally considered to be a short telephoto. In 35mm terms that will be 85mm or 100mm, although there are lots of close variations such as 77mm, 90mm, 105mm, 120mm, etc. Personally I feel that 135mm is getting a bit too long.

In digital terms, a 50mm lens will magnify up nicely to about 75mm so lots of digital users are finding a fantastic new use for the humble standard lens!

Sorry, I thought the post Kimbo was referring to was a bit over the top so I've deleted it.

It's appreciated if guests don't use foul language on the forum, edited by asterisks or not.

I would still prefer the SMC Pentax 24mm lenses, which are outstanding performers.

Why not phone Pentax - that's where I got my LX manual from, no problem.

Or Oldtimer Cameras (see their adverts in AP)

The MX does indeed measure the brightness of the ground glass screen, so changing the film speed does seem the best way to correct the reading.

I'm not 100% sure as regards your printer, but we do have Epson 890 and 1290 printers that include reels for using rolls of paper. In this way, you can print any length you like and obtain panoramic prints.

Having said that, we've never actually used them. If I want a panoramic format I usually print to A3 on the 1290, but make the print the appropriate size. Anything up to 42cm long, and whatever height is appropriate. To be honest, I don't need prints wider than this as the limitation is what can be mounted on a 16" x 20" mounting board for exhibition and competition purposes.

Hope that helps a little at least.

Yes, there is no problem using this lens on the cameras you mention.

It depends upon the sort of photography that you like. As a suggestion, though, I would propose these:

Landscapes: Orange for moderate effect, red for more dramatic skies.

Portraits outdoors: Green for good skin tones.

General use: yellow to correct tones

Colour: 81A to warm up pictures

Effects: soft focus if you wish, but moderation and subtelty is often appropriate.

But most of all, have your own vision and expression!

The Z 70 uses the KAF bayonet mount, not sure if its the KAF2 but lenses that are happy on your MZ60 should be happy on the Z70.

I don't know specifically about your camera, but quite a few digital cameras are quite slow compared to the almost instantaneous operation of a film camera.

First there is the switch on time as the camera initialises. When the shutter is part depressed the lens focuses and the exposure is set. Finally, the shutter relases on a full pressure. If you "snatch" straight into the full travel of the shutter release, this process will seem to take quite a while.

Having said that, apart from action shots, the delay can be coped with and, as users of large format cameras will tell you, slowing down is no bad thing!