Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V02 #58

[Marcel Laufer]

I'm new to the group. I try to have one 'bells and whistles' 35mm slr which I derive some (but limited) pleasure from. Then I have my medium format 645 pentax, and a variety of 'classic' 35's. I have been thinking of selling my minolata and it's four lenses and buying a pentax. I'm attracted to the idea of picking up an LX on ebay. However, I notice that when using my contax with manual focus Zeiss lenses my results are often uneven with a significant number of shots not 'tack sharp' in the focus department. So then I thought with the pentax line you can buy old manual focus lenses 'on the cheap' on ebay and use them with a modern body and have the focus assist light confirm focus. Is this not reasonable? I like the finish on the MZ-s but have read such vitriol about it on this site. The zx-5n seem a little too plastic. In Europe they offer a zx-3 which is supposed to be all metal.
Comments please.

Marcello

PS. I know the 'limited' lenses are superb in resolution. Are they 'sweet' too? Is the bokeh good (a la old takumars and smcp's)?
M
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