Hi,
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Sounds to me like you want a Contax RX:-
Av, Tv (4-1/4000), P (16-1/4000), Manual (4-1/4000), B, X (1/125)
Exp. comp in 1/3 stop increments
Spot (EV5-20) or centre-weighted metering (EV1-20)
DOF preview
no mirror lock-up, but extremely low-vibration shutter
auto-bracketing
modern ttl flash capabilities, but not built-in
interchangeable screens
data-imprinting
digital focus indicator (can be useful)
mid-roll rewind
auto film loading
DX, with manual override
winder up to 3 fps (no manual winding :o( )
very quiet winder
9 custom functions
manual focus
smaller and lighter than an LX+winder
copper/silumin chassis with brass alloy top & bottom covers
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Bob
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Wednesday, February 28, 2001, 6:03:38 PM, you wrote:
> I have a KX and A K1000 and i love them. I'd like, though, the ability to
> have the option of a spot-meter though. There are also times when Av and Tv
> modes could be particularly useful. Essientially what i'd like is a
> Super-program with a spot meter. But the super-program only has exposure
> compensation in increments of 1EV...how useful is that?
> How much work would it be for pentax to take a superprogram and give it
> better exposure compensation and a spot meter? Based on what it is that i
> would like, i could get a ZX-5n. If i were to go there, why shouldn't i get a
> MZ-3 with a faster shutter and higher sync speed. That begs the question that
> i don't get...why the hell is the MZ-3 not available in the US. Is it because
> Ashai thinks that the US is a bunch of punks (which we generally are) and
> need to know what it feels like to not get something (which we could also use
> as well). But regardless of that, it doesn't seem to make good marketing
> sense. Are they holding out so we'd spend more for the PZ-1p, whose sales
> could drop if the MZ-3 were in the US? Please help me make sense of all this.
> No i'm not die-hard about pentax demolishing the competition of the photo
> world, but it is sort of frustrating to know what you want and not be able to
> get it. My objections to the PZ-1p: large price for the stuff i don't want
> (AF, power-zoom, built in flash, red-eye reduction, built in motor drive)
> just to get the stuff i do want (quality camera with Av & Tv with good
> exposure comensation and a spot meter), and no truly manual mode (what is
> hyper manual anyway?).
> brent
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