On Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at 03:30 PM, Mike Johnston wrote:
So let me ask a hypothetical question here. Asked of everyone. IF you haveI read, awhile back, an article about the 25 best cameras, and the Pentax ZX-5n was one of them. Since I'd already figured out which lens I most wanted (which happened to be a Pentax), picking a Pentax body to go with it seemed wise. ;-) The ZX-5n also had the plus of looking/operating the least like the only other 35mm AF slr I'd ever tried�a Canon Rebel belonging to my ex-brother in law.
to choose between EITHER the older, metal bodied, manual focus Pentax family
(Spotmatics, M series, A series, up to LX) ***OR*** the
polycarbonate-bodied, AF Pentax family (P series, ZX series, up to
MZ-S)--and you couldn't mix and match and you couldn't use both--which would
it be?
I guess since my main Pentax is an ESII you know which way I lean.
--Mike
Having used the ZX-5n for a few years now, I have to say it still looks as beautiful as it did the day I first pulled it out of the box. I use it almost daily, carrying it 75-85 % of my trips out of the house, and usually with just a single prime lens (I try to use 6 of the 7 focal lengths I own on a regular basis).
The only *metal slr I've ever owned was a new K-1000 w/50mm (guess which focal length I almost never use?) I bought new in the early '80s. I used it for a few years then, when finances dictated, sold it. While it had done everything I asked it to�with great reliability and success�it never grew on me. Once I sold it, I didn't miss it. Still don't.
I think that puts me in the modern camp (though not the plastic zoom camp).
Dan Scott
(* working�I have the second of my two dead ME Supers on the desk next to me.)
