The K10D is an all round better camera than the DS.

I owned both.

I like it. Not very foggy, but lovely all the same

Wow !

...........and Bill, if you are performing in Woking anytime, please be in contact so we can do a lunch or (late ) dinner.

A great exhibition...so much to see.

And a fantastic opportunity to finally meet Bill in person after all these years.

Very impressed with your latest endeavours Bill, and quite fascinating to hear both how you achieved the results, and the thinking behind it.

"Immersive" in more than one sense of the word. Bravo !

those buttons were always falling of the zoom lenses of that period.

It should not affect the ability to manually zoom (or even power zoom if the switch was in the PZ mode when it fell off)

The M 40/2.8 was released in 1976, the same year as the MX and ME. The trend at the time was for smaller 35mm cameras such as the Olympus OM 1 and 2, and the MX/ME were direct competitors.

I believe the rationale behind the M 40/2.8 was to make it as small and light as possible to keep with the trend.

They certainly succeeded. It was almost half the weight of any comparable 35-50mm lens at the time, and much smaller. Compromises necessary in the design meant it was never going to outperform similar 50/35mm lenses in the sharpness stakes, but it is no slouch either.

I acquired one for my collection about 15 years ago, complete with resident dead spider inside ( speedily evicted). I don't think I have ever used it on film.

The M 135/3.5 got a bit of bad press as being underwhelming. I think largely due to it being plentiful as it was the cheapest telephoto available from Pentax.

I still have my copy and I love it. The size is compact, it has a built in hood and it renders wonderfully.

ps I find your images a little over-processed if i may be so bold.

It has a 25mm lens with a maximum aperture of f3.5. Most well-lit pictures will be taken around f8. It will have a very wide DOF, so zone focussing will work just fine.

Did you never take pictures on a manual film Pentax with a 28mm ? Just set aperture to f8 and focus point to the red line. Snap away all day without having to bother about focussing.

Remember.....no pixel-peeping with this model !

In my view, you could not be more correct.