Re: M series Film Transport Problems

[JDStep]

dick graham wrote:
>
> Last weekend I spent some time in Barnes & Noble. In the photography
> section I found a book entitled "Classic 35mm SLRs".� It coverd almost
> every 35mm slr from the late 1940's on.� The Pentax section was quite
> complete but when the author got to the M series(ME, ME Super,MX, etc.) he
> advised against purchising these cameras unless one was quite sure the body
> was new.� He stated that the M series was plagued from the very beginning
> by film transport problems.� Atlthough I don't own one, I know that it is
> one of the most popular Pentax cameras on the list.� How many of you out
> there� with an M camera have experienced the film transport problems he
> warned about.

I have both an ME and an MX and have never had any film transport problems at
all.

John Stephenson