At 03:14 24/01/01, you wrote:
>Is it me or does the MZ3 focus faster and more
>acurately than the MZ5n? I tried them both the other
>day at the store with the same lens and the MZ3
>practically didn't hunt and focused much faster. The
>MZ5n would almost always hunt when I focused from one
>close point to a distant one. The store is kind of
>dark and it's night, though. Does anybody have
>experienced both bodies? Is that due to the 3 focus
>sensors on the MZ3?
I just got my MZ-3 on Friday, to replace an MZ-5n I had lost a few weeks
ago. So far I have had all the same problems I had with my MZ-5n when it
was new, the electrical contacts need to be cleaned to get rid of whatever
it is that stops the AF from working properly.
The AF works about the same as my MZ-5n did. On single sensor, it has a
habit of hunting worse than my Z-1p, but on 3 sensor AF it works a treat.
Both the MZ-3 and MZ-5n have 3 AF sensors. The only difference I can detect
with the MZ-3 over the MZ-5n (apart from 1/4000 shutter speed) is the
shutter mechanism makes a totally different noise to the MZ-5n's. I don't
know if they have the same shutter mechanism, or if it is just a sample
variation.
I am happy having the 1/4000 top shutter speed, but if I had had to buy it
I probably would have saved the couple of hundred dollars and bought the
MZ-5n.
I'm having mixed feelings about the Sigma 105mm EX macro I got with the
MZ-3. Everything looks great through the eyepiece, I just don't like the
MF/AF setup. It is annoying me. I just hope it gets to be less annoying or
I'll be looking for an FA 50mm macro pretty shortly.
Cheers
Jon
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