Hi! May I say a word, though you turn to Lon? Thanks :).
I happen to own ZX-L. I am not very good in flash photography so I skip the flash part. As for the older lenses, ZX-L accepts all, I repeat, all K-mount lenses. Naturally if the lens does not have A on it, you will loose some of the features. Same goes for F. I suppose that among the lost features are some which related to flash. I think, though am not sure, that ZX-L uses distance information from auto focus lenses in order to produce proper flash burst. So if you have old manual focus lens it might not work... There is essentially only one major weakness of ZX-L - it has rather small (x0.7!) viewfinder as opposed to x0.8 of ZX-5n and ZX-3. Even MZ-S has only 0x.75 magnification. So under some conditions one may have trouble focusing (manually). I haven't held ZX-5n in my hands so I cannot say about the build quality. However, compared with, say, EOS-300, ZX-L feels like much sturdier camera... Oh by the way, I think that Pentax does not mention its M and/or K lenses in the body compatibility list for all its current cameras, probably in order to gently nudge consumers to buy modern optics... --- Boris Liberman www.geocities.com/dunno57 www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=38625 ===8<==============Original message text=============== Lon, Sure, thing, I would appreciate that if you have one handy. I was just looking at the pentax website and it says that the ZX-L has a "variable" flash mode while the zx-5n does not. What the heck is that? It also says that It will accept FA, F, and A lenses but not M and K. Is this just that you will not get the program modes but the camera will still work? What exactly is the problem? Thanks for the replies to my flash question, which was good news as far as I am concerned. I guess I will be in the market for a zx-5n. Dave Lon Williamson said: <The ZX-M will work, but relys on the flash's thyristor <or manual setting. The 5n works with the AF280T, but <I'm not sure the ZX-L does. We have a new ZX-L here; <if you want me to try it with an AF280T in TTL mode, <I'll give it a shot. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ===8<===========End of original message text===========
