Sorry to hear about your cherished camera , and nice pictures .
However , with used film cameras being so cheap to buy nowadays , you can just buy another for less than the cost of getting your existing one repaired .
Even the MZ-S and the LX can now be found for surprisingly little , and the MZ-S is a huge step up in build quality from the MZ 3 , so well worth going for ; it is as solidly built out of real metal as any of the old manual bodies and as much of a pleasure to handle as an MX , LX or whatever , with all the convenience of AF , the option of both PTTL and standard TTL flash plus a big , bright viewfinder ( the AF on the MZ-S , incidentally , is SO much better than that on any of the DSLR's being fast , accurate and locking on in low light in a way that belies all the complaints we read about Pentax AF that I'm sure the problem is the modern cameras being APSC more than anything else , the technology works fine in FF ) - so go for it . The shutter and winder makes a lovely noise too .
It is also well worth getting the optional battery grip , not just for the ability to run the camera on AA batteries , but also because the grip is an ergonomic delight with controls so well placed for using the camera in portrait aspect .
I love my MZ-S , and delight in using it , although I paid a lot for mine when they still commanded high prices , I have no regrets and still use it a few times a year along with my LX which is equally a delight to use . The other film camera which still gets semi-regular use is my little Rollei 35S , which lives in the glovebox of my car and is always handy , even if I have no other camera equipment around - besides , I love its 'upside down' quirkiness , with film that runs the 'wrong way' across the camera , winder on the left , and flash shoe on the bottom
Sadly , I only shoot a few rolls of film a year now , and also can take months to finish one - maybe that is something I will have to address .
Still watching for an Epson F-3200 scanner like the one we have at work ...
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With kind regards
Derek.
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With kind regards
Derek.
