I hope you find the battery pack more use than I have. I bought one because I
thought it was a must have, but then I figured out that (like the old add on winders
of years past) the camera
wouldn't fit in my case. I also notice that the
really expensive batteries actually lasted a very long time if I didn't use the
built in flash (the zx-m doesn't even have such a flash), so my battery pack
has been waiting for a year for me to get around to put batteries in it.
Skip Leib wrote:
> Fr: Skip Leib
>
> Just wanted to say how much I appreciate everyone's input and help with
> my various questions. I've learned a lot and hope to learn more. Thanks
> again.
>
> (And if the above post looks familar, it's because I stole it from Tom
> Brock's post. But my sentiments are exactly the same... Just a little lazy,
> that's all...)
>
> Finally made my decision. Spent a little more than I wanted to, but then
> again, who doesn't? Ordered from BH a new ZX-M with an FG AA battery pack,
> and the FA 50mm 1.4 lens. My thinking went as follows: I'll keep the ZX-M in
> good condition so's I can always sell it later on ebay. They're going now
> for about $100 there, so essentially I get either to keep it if it really
> hits the mark for me, or just pay out maybe $50 for using it for a while.
> And I definitely wanted a 50mm f1.4. (Always used a good, fast low light
> lens all my life, and hey, I'm 62 now and don't feel like changing just
> because f3.8/f4 28-80 zooms have become S.O.E., y'know?)
>
> I've read good things about this FA 1.4 lens everywhere, so if I decide at a
> later date to trade up to a ZX-5n, it goes there with me. Along with the AA
> battery pack. That's what strikes me as being so good about Pentax; this
> back and forth compatability with equipment... (Hey, I've still got my
> manual Canon TX, with a good FD 1.8 lens, but when I looked to use it on a
> more modern Canon those folks there told me to forget about it, this lens is
> now basically without any value, they said!) (Some nerve!) (Sheeesh!)
>
> So. Happy clicking. To all. (And * #^%&*** to Canon too !)
>
> Thanks to your knowlegeable responses to me in this group, and also your
> directing me to good links for further Pentax research, I've seemed to have
> become somewhat of a Pentax mini-gearhead, in a hurry! Which is great fun.
>
> (And IMO, the pictures on PUG are of excellent quality!)
>
> Skip Leib
>
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