I had never disassembled my MZ-5n... Is the camera's SKELETON made of plastic or of metal? If it's made of plastic then the metal mount doesn't make any serious advantage, because the whole SKELETON is unable to carry a really heavy lens...
Plastic, and some of us may still remember someone actually had a non-repairable MZ-5n because of that. What happened was that the camera was dropping from the tripod, but didn't hit the ground thanks to the strap which hang to the tripod. However, the weight of the lens (400/5.6?) pulled the mount off. The MZ-5n was certified dead by Pentax. The same would never happen to metal bodies.
regards, Alan Chan
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