I've always admired the K2 as the "ultimate" of the Pentax K's. It has a feeling of solidity and a weight that bothers some but pleases me. Like the KX, it has DOF preview and MLU, but in some other respects is specified even better. For its time it is a fine manual camera - and quite useful today.
However, I keep hearing that its (Seiko-sha?) metal focal plane shutter induces a fair amount of vibration [see typical excerpt below]; this would sort of defeat the whole idea of MLU (which is the main reason I am thinking of investing in some K2's, to be used with larger glass, as upgrades of my K1000's, which I will keep for more portable photography). Can anyone confirm that this is true? Is there noticeable degradation of image clarity - and under what conditions? >From "http://ca.geocities.com/spirope/PentaxSLR.htm"; : > >In addition to its weight, it has two significant drawbacks: its ASA > >setting must be the most difficult of any camera ever made, and its > >first-generation electronic shutter is noisy and vibration prone. >The >camera gives a kick that is not solved by locking up its mirror (a >feature >it has), which no doubt degrades image quality at slow shutter >speeds. Thanks, Rob _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
