Chris Brogden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Mike Johnston wrote: > >> My own "ideal Pentax" (was it Boz who was "dreaming" lately?) would be >> either an updated ESII with a K-mount, or a simplified LX. >> >> The updated ESII would have to have: >> --K mount. >> --full range of speeds. >> --better light meter. >> --AE lock. >> --quieter shutter. >> --brighter screen. >> --available diopters. >> --modern battery (or just fewer batteries!). >> >> The self-timer could go for all I care; I don't require that the shutter >> operate without batteries; and the top plate could be chrome-plated >> polycarbonate, even. > >The K2 comes close. Full manual shutter speeds from 8 seconds to 1/1000, >aperture priority, DOF preview, MLU, 95% viewfinder, metal body, 1/125 >sync speed, etc. etc. It lacks the AE lock and still uses 76-series >batteries, but then the LX and MX use those batteries, too.
I believe the K2dmd has AE lock, doesn't it? Those are *much* harder to find, though :( -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
