It's a fantastic camera, beautifully made and delivering excellent images. There are quite a few MX-1 users on here now, and all saying the same.

The black and white shot is fine, and the best of the set I think.

If you want sepia tone, that would be fine as well, but a little more subtle. Try Hue/Saturation, Colourise and set a value of around 25. Reduce the intensity of that and I think you'll end up with a very nice effect. The Lightness control can be used as well, to fine tune the final density of the image.

Why not use the projector at close quarters? All you need is a screen behind you and they generally focus very closely with a small image. Alternatively, forget the laptop and use a monitor or TV directly. That will give you the output from the camera, live and very clear.

That is definitely one of the classic places to be, especially for black and white photography. Ansel Adams has always been one of my favourite photographers and his pictures of Yosemite include some of the iconic images of the 20th Century.

Looking forward to seeing more pictures from you.

My first camera was a Kodak Six-20 Popular Brownie that my Grandmother used in the 1930s. It took until 1976 for me to be able to afford my first Pentax Spotmatic SP1000. I still have the Brownie, but the SP1000 went a long time ago. The upgrade path....

I have Vic. Is that you?

Excellent, it's nice to have a change now and again!

The MZ series were actually highly thought of at the time, particularly the more upmarket ones such as the MZ-5 and MZ-3. Unfortunately there are a few potential faults as they age and probably become unrepairable.

You may be better off with the MX or K1000, fully manual cameras that can be more easily repaired if necessary. They are all getting a bit long in the tooth now, but if you can find a good one then they are very usable.

Watch out for disintegrating foam seals in older cameras. They can easily be replaced, but if ignored can make a bit of a mess, especially if they turn to black sludge.

Glad it's now sorted, it will remain one of life's mysteries!

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