Get a MZ-3 from a Canadian source!! At 03:25 PM 2/10/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Hi >Dosk here... > >I'm planning on enhancing my ZX-M outfit with an auto-focus, flash(ugh), >type ZX camera. Been reading all kinds of reviews, and right now it boils >down to the ZX-7 or ZX-5N..... >At the risk of starting a flame war here, I'm looking for any pros and cons >about these respective ZX's to help make my decision. (And no thanks, I do >not want a PZ1p. Not at this $$$ time anyway... Plus I don't like it can't >use the old AA batteries...) > >I've read that the 7 has fast, fast, fast autofocusing. True? And that it's >the heaviest and sturdiest of all the ZX's....? >But then hey, I've read just the opposite about the 5n's >uto-focusing... -A Different autofocusing system here? Why doesn't the 5n >auto-focus as fast as the 7? > >But I've also heard that you cannot keep the flash from popping up and >firing on the 7 when you are using it in programmed AE mode, only in manual >or Av or Tv modes.. >True? And also the 7 does not have the various AE modes (spot, center), >but only 6-seg? >And does not have DOF or memory lock either? True? > >So far it looks like the 5n, for a difference of only $50 more, is >winning.... >But why is it rated as a "slower" auto-focuser? > >Please, no anger here. Only looking for facts about the relative merits of >machines, y'know? >(Our darling, beloved, sexy little machines that no one had better say a >harsh word about....!!) >Dosk > >- >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 . > > Tiger Moses - 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 .
