pm sent Lenny, cheers Mike

many thanks, l am after a one with the 75m included, just missed one the other week for 199

I'm in the hunt for a Pentax 645 or 645 n , I have a Bronica SQA but I have always fancied a 645, I have checked ebay Uk but not too many on offer from UK sellers at the Moment. Where is the best place in the UK grab one, many thanks for any advice

me too, l have a bronica but would love a pentax 645

I really like these portraits and the fact you used the ME Super, a lovely camera, well done

many thanks, its magical grabbing a bargain that can take you back all those years, happy memories, may l ask what were the 8 slrs you grabbed

Forgot to mention that many years ago l lost the remote for my Espio mini and have not managed to find a replacement since

I think it was back in 1996 that the Pentax Espio mini came to my attention, now off and on this has been my travel light camera since then, for me it has everything, its small, light but still well built, has a lovely coated sharp 32mm lens and I particularly love the panoramic mode. Prices have fluctuated over the years but on ebay at the moment you can still grab a bargain, I cannot assert highly enough how 'cute and capable' these little gems are and the battery lasts a reasonably long time to







and what its capable of:

Last year after much deliberation I had to sell beloved pair of LX and various SMC M lenses, this was very reluctant, most of the cash went into my sons 'university rent and car fund', I also managed to buy a Fuji x100 second hand for £250, for old time sake I kept my pentax MX with 40mm 2.8, (I could never part with that), anyway I digress, my first SLR camera was bought in 1980 for me by my parents, a humble Pentax MV, I loved it, it represented quite a lay out for my parents as we were anything but rich, I loved that camera and it started my love of pentax, I must have put hundreds of rolls through it and then one day I regrettably part exed it (big regret) Anyway I am now the proud owner of a mint boxed fully working with strap and instructions all for the princely sum of £21 (ebay). So its back to my roots, as I sit with the MV next to me memories flood back, back in 1981 budget cameras such as the OM10, nikon EM and even the Chinon CE5 seemed more glamorous (to some) after all they could take a winder drive etc. I liked the simplicity of the MV, I still do now, not only did I learn with this camera, I grew with it, now what I forgot about using this is the uncluttered nature of the viewfinder, no aperture information, no shutter seed indication just a simple traffic light led at the side, simply beautiful, really nice for framing. I found back in 1980 that the humble MV was still a capable beast, today it gets over looked in this digital age as do a lot of other film cameras, but for £21 I cannot complain about grabbing a mint example of my first 'slr'. Sorry if I have rambled on, oh I almost forgot not only did I grab the MV body for £21 it came witha mint 50mm SMC M too