Funny that the 43mm Ltd was made in a Leica mount if the Leica lenses are all so much more superior...

My biggest bugbear with rangefinders is that I forget to take the lens cap off. Doh! I'll admit that the click of my FED2 (I won't splash out on a Leica) is much quieter than SLR shutters, but I still maintain that if I had to give up all my cameras bar one, I'd keep my LX.

K.

That is why I gave up using high street labs. I can re-do the scans myself but scratches and fingerprints are less easily fixed.

K.

From left to right: MX. ME Super, Super A.

The MEII winder did fit the Super A (badly) but the motordrive A works much better.

K.

Expensive but good quality labs include The Darkroom UK and Peak Imaging. They may well adjust developing a little if you let them know the circumstances of the film storage etc. Their lo-res scans are good, but high res are expensive.

Kris.

You'll find a fair few images taken with that lens on my Flickr site as well as here and my website. It is probably one of my most used lenses. I have, however, taken to using a metal Takumar lens hood (for the 105mm lens) instead of the clip-on plastic one which has a tendency to fall off.

Although the A lens is more convenient, they don't come up often.

K.

My first camera was an ME Super, I thought it was wonderful at the time and still like them now. Have fun with it.

K.

I have the K28/3.5, the M28/3.5, the A28/2.8 and the K24/2.8. I used to have a M28/2.8 until it was stolen. I doubt that any of those lenses would disappoint you. If pushed, the K28/3.5 is probably the sharpest (as well as being the largest, heaviest and most expensive), but you really need to be pixel peeping to be honest. On the MX I would recommend the M28/3.5 as it is sharper than the 2.8 version, but smaller than the K versions and more in keeping with the body.

K.

Sadly, of course, Kodachrome is no more.

From Kodak you have three versions of Ektachrome: E100G (neutral colours), E100GX (warm colours) and E100VS (vivid colours).

In the Fuji range, the Velvia films tend to have highly saturated colours whereas the Provia is a more muted (?natural) colours.

I've never used the Agfa CT Precisa film.

Unfortunately, the range of slide films available is much more limited than it used to be.

Best wishes, Kris.

I'll second the request for a T/S lens.

K.

It will fit but you'll have to use stop-down metering which is, to be frank, not very accurate. OK for flowers as you can shoot, look at the histogram, adjust, and shoot again but probably less helpful for bugs that don't tend to hang around while you adjust the exposure. An 'A' series lens would still be manual focus but easier on the exposure.

HTH. K.