I know where to get an M 400mm F5.6 for £250ish... Interested?

Is the filter uncoated? On the first one it looks like some kind of purple flare caused by reflections. The second I'm not too sure about though. It looks to good to be flare, can you see any defects on the filter?

I really do notice the difference in viewfinder withe the two film cameras and my K10. My partner doens't really take much notice in the difference. She probably doesn't pay that much attention to as the K10 has AF and the larger viewfinder is not as important.

I played with a 645 and loved the huge viewfinder, balance of the body and the lenses.

On the Velvia, that is just the information I was given. I have found it for sale in many places and am going to order at least a pack of 5 36 exposure rolls.

I have not forgotten to cock the shutter at all. I do it automatically after every shot with these cameras. I do have a the ME Winder II but it f*cks up and fires off continuously without actuating the shutter. Don't ask me why, I just gave up on it and shot fully manual.

I know what you mean... I was playing with a 645N-II the other day and was blown away. I really want a 645, a 45mm, 75mm and a 200mm.

For now I'm content with the two old 135 SLRs. Thing is, I may end up getting a film scanner if I continue shooting with them.

I decided it had been a long time science the ME Super and Super A had gotten any use so today I went to London Camera Exchange to get some B&W film, batteries and loaded them up. Unfortunately I don't have anything to show for it yet as there are two roles of 36 exposures and there weren't that many interesting things to shoot.

Quite different using the old cameras again, especially as the finest adjustment is half a stop for the aperture and the meter only gives full stop indications. I am really looking forward to seeing the results though.

I did try to get some Velvia 100 ASA but apparently it has been discontinued and only the 50 ASA remains. I didn't have a tripod and the day was very changeable so I left the Velvia behind.

One thing that I really could not stop was tilting the camera after shooting to look at the back. It is just a reflex now as I am so used to doing it.

I tried out the 50-135 at the Plymouth branch of London Camera Exchange and it was such a good lens. I preferred it to my 16-50 and there is no doubt in my mind what lens I want to get next.

The bugs don't affect Pentax users so I'm going to continue using 1.4 untill they release 1.41, 1.5 or whatever they want to call it.

PS. I don't use DNG.

My 16-50 is a little stiff at the wide end but smooth after about 28mm. I think this is due to the two barrel extension system. The first is stiffer, the second is smoother. As for backfocus, I£e found this is my K10 being miss calibrated. I fixed it using a hacked firmware and now what I see in focus in the viewfinder is in focus in the actual shot. Previously the viewfinder and sensor were so far off manual focus and autofocus would both be quite useless.

None of those shots show purple fringing, just blue chromatic aberration. As I said previously this lens does suffer from CA, especially at the wide end but that is easier to correct than PF.