As well as being a proud owner of a spirit level, I also have a flickr account, a blower and one of the other things... cannot remember which now, I just remember I had four from 15.

I used to have a gray card which cost me much more than the supposed price point in about 1984 or thereabouts. I haven't seen it since about 1987 which is a shame as it was very useful.

K.

Nice shots. I really like the second one but I'd crop a little off the bottom to get rid of the featureless very dark bit and bring the "horizon" down a bit nearer the thirds.

K.

What a load of utter cobblers. I have a bubble level and use it often and it has got damn all to do with confidence. For example, I often have to take pictures of finds in out of the way places without a copy stand. I use a spirit level to get the small conservator's stand I use level and then the bubble level to get the camera level, in this case level being 'pointing straight down'. I also use it for architectural photographs where I want to make sure the verticals are vertical, and when considering a stitched panorama. I rarely use it for simply getting a horizon level although given the number of photographs I have to crop to get the horizon straight perhaps I should!

For my large format system, the tripod has levels, then the camera has built in levels, and then I check the levelling with a large spirit level.

OK, I'll stop ranting now but... [splutter splutter...]

K.

If you mean the new 35mm f/2.8, by all accounts a very good lens and very good value. The older, faster and much more expensive 35mm macro is also a lovely lens but not a low cost lens.

If you don't mind manual focus there is a wealth of older K mount and M42 screw mount lenses available although ultra-wide angles are hugely expensive for what they are.

K.

I'm not sure the Jupiter-11a came in LTM fitting. I'll let you know how it fares when I get the next roll of film back from the developers.

If you are into old lenses you could visit the mflenses forum as well. I lurk there too, if not quite as much as I lurk here. They tend to be a bit too obsessed with German glass but I can live with that.

K.

Yup, there are some M42 users about... I should be getting my Jupiter-11 tomorrow but it is in Leica thread mount for my FED2...

Best wishes, Kris.

As with the grip I didn't get around to putting this one on ebay. Anyone interested?

K.

I never did get around to putting this on ebay so I thought I give members another chance before I finally got my posterior into gear.

Best wishes, Kris.

Why not a second PEN with a different lens? There are so many possibilities for lenses for the PEN: Auto 110, M42s, K-mounts and so on that if you wanted to expand a little later on you have a wealth of older glass to play with.

K.

Congratulations!