The bright viewfinder was the only thing I missed when I sold the P30t ( had
it for some months). And I think the sound of the MZ-M-motor is not more
bothering than the CLACKK of the P30t-shutter.
BTW: Is the viewfinder of the MZ-S brighter than that of the MZ-M (and the
MZ5-N, - I think it's the same)?
I am sure you can evaluate that, Alan, am I right?
I hade the P50 which is the elder brother of the P30. It has brighter and better viewfinder than the supposed should be good Super A/Program. Personally, I would not consider any MZ/ZX model if you plan to use manual focus, except the MZ-S. The reason is that they all have highly distorted, low magnification, and difficult to manual focus viewfinders. I believe the problem lies at their poor quality uncoated plastic eyepieces which distort everything you see. Pentax abandoned the good old multicoated glass eyepieces since the Z/PZ & MZ/ZX series, until the MZ-S. For this reason, if you want AF body with good viewfinder, MZ-S is your only choice (Z-1p is ok too, but ok only). However, at 0.75X magnification, it is still lower than the P30 that you had. But it did not seem to be a problem the last time I tried it with some manual focus lenses. MX has the highest viewfinder magnification, ME/ME Super 2nd. I currently use the MZ-M screen in the MX and the viefinder is bight and "big". :-)
regards, Alan Chan
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