I know we all suffer from LBA to some degree but Mike-P's affliction appears to be particularly acute...

Yup, very much a bargain. I have one of those and didn't even realise. It came with my 2005 round of ME Super purchases when I was actually after a set of bodies and wasn't too fussed about the lenses.

K

The St Albans shop is called Clarks Camera Centre Ltd but they don't seem to have a website. I tend to stand and stare through their window when doing my shopping on a Saturday afternoon.

K.

Shame

One of the shops on Tottenham Court Road has quite a bit of second hand gear but mostly twice as much as one can get it on ebay. Ebay may not be a source of stunning bargains any more but at least the market can find its own level. The shop in St Albans has much more reasonable prices for its second hand gear.

K.

Somewhat off topic but... does anyone know if the metering improves if one uses a katzeye screen? I have been considering one for a while now. I know that it can mess up the spot metering but I rarely use that anyway.

Thanks, Kris.

I think Gartmore just said it all.

K.

This is a similar thought to those in the "K series lenses" thread. It is amazing now how quickly fads come, and presumably go. "Friends Reunited" yesterday, "Facebook" today and heaven knows what tomorrow. Funny old world.

The other thing that I find amazing about the 'net is the ability to find obscure things you want/need. I managed to pick up a brand new replacement battery compartment latch for an ME II winder, and a repro missile for my childhood Dinky "UFO Interceptor". Who would have thought it.

The biggest downside is the sheer quantity of email I now have to wade through. If I am not careful I can spend almost the whole day just answering emails from people who are too lazy to work it out for themselves.

Oh well, upsides and downsides to everything.

K.

Just submit the best quality image you can and let them deal with it. It will be resized to fit whatever space/size they have in the magazine.

Best wishes, K.

The confusion between the different focal lengths and sensor size is not that complicated really.

Take a postcard. Imagine that is a photograph taken full frame. Take a scalpel and cut out the middle 2/3rds. That is your APS-C image. Job done.

K.