I have the 1.4x converter and feel warmer already.....

Cold here but no real snow yet - just a few flakes now and again. I'm still hoping for a trip to Martin Mere tomorrow. The brother-in-law has lent me a very warm ear-covering hat for the purpose, which will guarantee me looking extremely silly but keeping warm!

Hello! Hope you find plenty to see and discuss, and we'll look forward to hearing about your own photography.

And having it with you!

It was a fairly laborious way to make a point and I'm not sure it didn't end up being a bit puerile, but there was a point I think.

Reading the OP, it seems the camera was fine shooting the first roll of film. It was working then, on the second roll it wasn't. To be honest, cameras can fail and when they do it's sudden. This couldn't be forseen could it? I had an *ist that worked fine when tested and the next time it was switched on didn't work fine, the shutter release board had gone kaput.

The other thought I had was to say never mess with the mirror mechanism. It's very precise and fragile, and flicking it with a thumbnail isn't a good idea. Mirrors usually lock up because of a power supply failure, so check the battery contacts as a starting point. It's probably not worth a repair as buying another may be far cheaper.

If you send a PM it will get through and then the recipient will be able to reply in the same way.

That looks like a major range of products and very impressive too. We've often thought binoculars would be useful, we've even bought a few pairs over the years, but they never get used. We tend to point cameras at things, others prefer to observe only.

Yet again, another excellent set of images.

It's a nice image and it's easy to see why you won.