Worth adding that the Super A / Super Programme has the retro feel, adds Tv mode which is handy for lenses without aperture ring.

Very nice Gary, it's a great 'people lens' isn't it? Love no. 1 and 4.

Large and heavy?! It's a similar size to an M 50mm f1.7! I was surprised how quickly it locked onto focus in a fairly dark London Camera Exchange, both on shop displays and passers by outside. But I only had it 5 minutes.

Ah but can you get your packet of polos (cut in half for easier carriage) and miniature bottle of Malibu in there as well?

(Only a Shuttleworths fan will know what I mean, and why I can't take bum bags seriously! :wink

Thanks David. Yes, the shop was one of those affected by the riots, quite a few on the Bull Ring got smashed.

I am a 'default' colour photographer. If colour distracts from the photo I go mono - and for consistency I will develop the whole set like that. I think Puzzled Boy might be improved in black and white, because that would allow the background to be knocked back a bit more, and highlight the placard guy and onlooker. But the colour isn't very distracting, and candid shots of black people seem to look better in colour. When you take the warm brown skin colour away they sort of 'recede'. If anyone has any PP hints on that I'd be interested to hear about it

Very cool and creepy. Looks like a spare head for an AI style robot child

Some nice shots, I really like no. 13 but the multicoloured jacket detracts. Perhaps a B&W conversion would 'knock it back' a bit?

According to the chart, with M lenses the MZ50 'works with limitations in metering: the camera sets the shutter speed, the lens is always at its widest aperture'. So kind of like an M lens of a DSLR, but without stop-down metering.

I don't mind softish corners at f4 - I had seen some samples which were quite surprisingly soft around the at smaller apertures, with lots of CA as well. Could be they had a bad sample, or perhaps 'user error'. My Sigma 10-20 can deliver wonderfully sharp images with a little care, but if you don't watch out the focus can be really off.