That little window with the black and orange bar indicates that the film is
winding correctly, it should sort of wiggle as you advance the film.
I regret selling my ME Super
Cya
>From: Sid Barras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: In Praise of my amazing new Pentax: The ME super!!!
>Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 23:13:32 -0500
>
>Hi group:
>
>I've bought, sold, kept, swapped, and generally become very familiar
>with most of Pentax's offerings over the last few years. I have or have
>had: the spotmatic, the Spotmatic Sp, the SP II, the SP IIa, the SP F,
>the K2, K2 DMD, the KX, K1000, the SF1, SF 1n, the MG, PZ20, PZ 10, P
>30t, the Elfina, and maybe I'm missing one or two, but just recently, I
>bought an ME super on ebay because I wanted one of the lenses that went
>with it. I figured to sell the other lenses, and the body, and wind up
>with the lens for a very nice price (if any cost at all, was the way I
>figured it)
>
>Well, I get this little camera, which I was prepared for, having already
>owned the MG. But what I didn't know, was how very capable this camera
>is!
>
>1/2000th shutter speed! 1/125th flash sync! Well, not great, but better
>than 1/100 or 1/60th!
>
>Full Auto exposure, with what I would presume is center weighted
>metering?
>
>Full manual control with an easy method to get there, without having to
>move my eye from the viewfinder!
>
>So, next thing I know, I've bought myself a ME winder, and I've got this
>very capable, very fast, super compact, little dynamo!
>
>Well, of course, I can't sell this! So I've plucked out a few more foam
>squares, and this little jewel now has a permanent place in my
>halliburton box. Right next to my main squeeze, the PZ20. How'd I miss
>this little marvel for so long?
>
>Just one thing. There's a little window on the back of the top plate
>below the winder, with little black and orange bars in it. Whatzit?
>
>Sid.
>Who needs an MZ-S, with a camera like this? (And all the other ones,
>too....)
>
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