Recent content by Tony Turner

My M2 took -28C in its stride during a Czech Christmas a year or ten ago. No batteries to grumble, of course, whereas my M6 TTL demanded new cells for its meter during a Tallinn visit a few years later - a balmy -12C or so on that occasion (shutter seemed to be fine, though).

My faithful (and recently serviced) M2 during last month's beer-testing mission in the Czech Republic.

I bought my 135/2.8 over 20 years ago - it was secondhand and from the external condition, it had seen some action, though optically it was (and is) fine, which is what matters (to me anyway - I like a lens that's seen things!). It doesn't get used all that often - as others have said, it's a...

Hello Bill. No, it's a non-ROM 3-cam lens, as is my 135mm Elmarit, and both work fine in all modes on the R8 (so does the 90mm Elmarit, which is a ROM lens). From (shaky) memory, I think the ROM contacts only come into play with flash and the digital back, so pretty much irrelevant for most film...

A late reply - only just found this place - and you're probably sorted now. But in case not, I have the same combination (German-built 35-70 but probably makes no difference for this) and all modes are available and display correctly in the viewfinder. I'm sure you know that for all the Program...