Davied -- I tried to get that 100% Wool Yarn -- there was a 'Sewing Shop' here in Brentwood ( now gone BROKE!) and I asked the Lady but she didn't know what it was -- from WHERE do you GET it I use Foam Sheet from Hobby Crafts, ROMFORD ( Havering) 85 p a sheet. I looked at the NEGATIVES shown and they are all DREADFULLY THIN -- Under-Exposed -- probably a Pentax Program- A fault - I WON one in the Pentax Club of Great Britain years ago and it was OK for a few years then developed exposure fault and Camera Repair Bloke says " Pentax NO Longer Supply PARTS for Program-A" so I sold body only to an Un-suspecting member of my Club. Brentwood & District Photographic Club at our Annual Club 'Auction' for a few quid ---

Yo ! Many Thanks for Viewing Mr Womble !

i have been giving MY 1975 KX and outing lately -- i got it from a Camera Club Member who sent it off to Ffordes with Pentax 6x7 and Olympus gear and they sent it back as 'not working, not saleable' - so he gave it to me ( Body Only) I had a look -- I found the Aperture Activating ring in lens mount was 'Stuck' compared with my ME Supers so I put ONE DROP of Sewing Machine Oil by Capillary action into it an pulled gently and it 'Budged' so I 'exercised it' then put on LENS and all WORKED and it has been working ever since Ha Ha !

YO !!! SUNNY today so out with CAMERAS !! -- I had some outdated KODAK B&W 400 Chromogenic Film in Fridge so I thought I would use an ME Super not used for long while and test the process using Jessops E6 Bleach-Fix as I am nearly OUT of Fuji -Hunt Bleach ---- so set 250 ASA as film was a bit 'Old, fitted a PENTAX -A Zoom 28-80mm f3.5-4.5 also which I have not used for a while. I fitted NEW Batteries in Camera. Having had a bad experience Years Ago on a USA Trip with the Pentax Club where my ME Super snaps were severely UNDER-EXPOSED and I got 'strange readings' of 1/2000 at f 11 for 100 ASA I 'Cleaned' the exposure compensation dial by Rotating it back and forth several times as I was told years ago by a Pentax Staff member -- a 'Fault' with the ME Super design ! DIRT gets underneath. SO -- on processing I got some Negs but a bit 'THIN' -- scans were 'Grainy' so next bit of the cut film I have set 160 ASA not 250 ASA.
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FULL APERTURE Test of the Zoom Lens to see 'fine detail'

AL -- Yes -- Replied YES ! ands I'm CHEEEEPER than anywhere else as I make up my own ID11 /D76 etc formulae and can give OLD FILMS the extra development they need IF you tell me they have been 'sitting around for a few years' whereas a LAB will give only 'Standard Development'
PS -- PRICE quoted £2-50 is ONLY FOR TRADITIONAL Films NOT C41 types.

I develop B&W film for Forum members and a little C41 colour negative at a Pinch and so many times the sender gets terrible results. Very Faint Density, 'Greening Effect' on C41 XP2 400 types and it causes my worry in case it id MY chemicals so I have to do a 'test' on my chemicals to 'put my mind t rest ' !!
1. Please Cold Store your films in a Fridge until you want to use them -- packs of 10 can go in the FREEZER even
2. Please do not leave films in Cameras un-developed for years -- here is the effect known as 'Latent Image Regression' where the atoms of Silver Halides exposed to 'Photons of LIGHT' as a snap is taken 'Decay' and the Silver Grain can no longer be formed by the Developing Agents.
3. if your film is 'Outdated' you must give it MORE EXPOSURE as the Sensitivity declines over years.
4. Colour negative, slide or B&W 'Chromogenic' films suffer from exposure to 'Fumes' in a house over years-- can be from Sprays, Furniture Glue etc etc which will cause 'Greening', a High Fog Level and Loss of Image Density -- so 'Careful Storage ' please !
Attached image example of XP2 400 Super 'GREENED'

I was given 4 cassettes of 03/2008 dated Fuji Superia by a Kind Gent in Flickr in a huge stash of film he sent me. So I set 125ASA on my MZ-5 and ventured out into Brentwood Town in Darkest Essex with a few lenses.
SMC Pentax -F 35-70mm f3.5-4.5







Vivitar 200mm f3.5

I sent it to Alan Marlow -- he quoted £40 for setting the Infinity focus and £60 to strip down and clean and re-grease the SMC Takumar 200mm f4 with correct grease. The SMC Takumar 200mm f4 cost £61 NEW in 1972 from David S.H. Leung camera dealer of Goodmayes ! Repairs are a big chunk out of my retirement Pension as H M Government knocked £100 quids off a month as Wife had got a job cleaning in a school .

Just had a Reply from Robin at Harrow Technical -- he wants £90 quids to do the 35mm f2 Super Takumar NOT the £47 as in his web--site and I mentioned my SMC Takumar 200mm f4 needs a de-grease as it has all gone solid the grease but he thought it was a 'ZOOM' and says it needs an estimate - surely he should know the SMC Takumar 200mm f4 was a PRIME lens ? I think £90 is far too much -- more than that lens is worth. I will contact Mr Marlow ---

I wondered if there was something inside but could not hear anything - I have sent an e-mail to Harrow Technical -- I know they are no longer in Pentax House though. That K-M42 Adapter is the real PENTAX one