The K20 is indeed a rare(ish) beast. There was one listed on the US fora with "worldwide postage" but then refused to send it out of the US when I enquired. I may well have to bite the bullet and buy one from Japan.

I hope you can get it sorted.

Best wishes, Kris.

I thought it was the contacts oxidizing, but whatever the cause, the easy fix is a plus point. It only ever seems to be a problem when I have not used the camera for a while. I get the same issue with the ME-F but have not noticed it with the Super A.

Kodak have been hinting that they are going to rerelease another film stock this year. I have my fingers crossed for BW400CN. I used a bucket load of it when it was current, and still have a few out-of-date rolls, but it doesn't really age very well. Not sure why, but I preferred it to the Ilford equivalent.

BTW Peter, I've been enjoying your youtube channel!

Holy thread resurrection Batman! I didn't check the date! 😅

As I'm not on Facebook that counts me out...

I almost never use flash and so I have no idea if either my MXs have that issue. They were both serviced relatively recently and so I expect they are OK. The only issue I have is that there is an occasional slip in the wind-on with the black MX which results in an overlapping frame.

The most annoying film-camera fault I have at the moment is that if I use a cable release with my LX, it just fires the shutter at a relatively fast speed. I noticed it when I was expecting a 4 sec exposure and clearly didn't get that. Everything else works perfectly, so I have been procrastinating getting someone to look at it. I ought to drop an email to Robin.

Cheers, Kris.

My old Minolta scanner works fine with Vuescan. It's worth the money if sometimes a little opaque how to get the best from it.

Mostly, these days, I use my pixl-latr and my K-3. Using the extra adaptor from Simon Forster and a can of compressed air, I can rattle through my old mounted slides quite quickly. I use my tablet as a light source (I'm planning to get something better), my old K50/4 macro with a small extension tube, all mounted on my Pentax copy-stand. Apart from the pixl-latr and the air, these were all things I had anyway.

If you want a laugh, have a look at the one star reviews for Christian Basler's "Lightbox" app on the playstore.

Yup, that's the one. Cheaper if you happen to be in the US from the manufacturers (CRIS) as the price in US$ is the same numbers as the Small Battery company charge in UK£.

Having said that, the ME Super has one of the smoothest wind-ons I have tried. It is noticeably better than the K-series bodies. I'm going to run my roll of Washi-D through the ME Super as a result.

Not so long ago you couldn't give an ME Super away. I've ended up with four... Some have had bad experiences with them but all mine have been fine. They do wear out (I used my original one to death between 1982 -- 1992) so it's a bit of a lottery. The most common problem is an erratic meter reading which can often be cured by vigorously turning the exposure compensation dial back and forth.

After too much fiddling around, I went for a replacement battery cover that takes the hearing aid batteries which are common and cheap as chips. The cover is pricey as it contains (unnecessary) electronics to adjust the voltage, but in the longer term it will be cheaper than Wein cells and easier to use. It also can be moved around my various varieties of Spottie.