Just got back from posting it at the post offcie and you are quite correct shim.

It was just a tad too wide for the large letter guide slot. The postage was £1.28 1st class in the end, 2nd class would have been £1.08.

If you were to just put a stamp on and put it in the letter box not sure if they check every letter or if they have an automated checking system but if not you may get away with it.

Jason

Hi

I have purchased a roll of prepaid slide film from boots yesterday to test out my new Pentax MX. I see that it comes with an envelope to send it off in. There is a "Please Affix Stamp" area on the front of it.

Do I only need to attach one first classs stamp to send the roll of film or do you need more ?

Jason

Thanks for the link Hefty

It didn't come with a manual BTW

Yes I know another MX question.

How big an area does the light meter read roughly ?

Is it comparable to spot, centre-weighted or matrix metering ?

Jason

This was my first thought and I think will be the course of action.

I am not after a direct comparison in features between the MX and today's DSLR's but where about's it would sit from the bottom of the range to the top of the range.

So let's say at the time it was not the best SLR around but was far from the worst it might be a Nikon D300.

Like I say I'm not familar with the SLR's back then so it may be a nonsensical (sp) question. I imagine there are alot more models now than there were then anyway to make a comparison difficult.

Jason

LOL

Think I'd better take some pictures with this one first though.

Jason

Just a quick question about the cocking the rapid-wind lever.

Should it make a tinging sound when it's get's to the end of the travel ?

Jason

I haven't yet taken any pics with it but I reckon it's about even's on whether I look at the back of the camera or try to change the iso(asa) to increase sensitivity first.

Jason