Hi! KK> I do have (one FA 28-80 3.5-5.6 too many, in fact) AF lenses, and I KK> need to have at least one, for the wife. It is also that the Cobra KK> AF-750 won't work on the ME, and that I don't have the time for the KK> hassle of maintaining an old camera. Though I may change my mind :-)
I see. In such a case perhaps indeed an AF camera is a way to go for you. I couldn't make my wife take either of ZX-L or ME Super and start shooting though she did press the shutter release couple of times. KK> What do you mean by better viewfinder? I don't really care about the KK> technical superiority, the effect is what I am after. I cannot really KK> understand the numbers on the technical spec, and, from the search I KK> made on the archive, it does not look like the MZ-5n has a great KK> viefinder either; people don't look happy to me. Unfortunately my KK> local camera stores don't stock an MZ-5n so as to compare them KK> side-by-side. Oh well, ME Super has excellent viewfinder while either -5n or -6 are seriously behind. What I meant by better are two things: 1. -5n has penta prism, -6 has penta mirror. For instance recently I mounted M 35/2.8 and observed heavy vignetting in the viewfinder of -6 with somewhat less vignetting in case of -5n - my co-worker has one, so I could try. 2. -5n has 0.8 magnification while -6 has only 0.7. It makes little difference if you're shooting purely on AF. But in case of manual focus, or in case when you want a selective focus and want to see in the viewfinder how the darn thing is in focus, the greater magnification comes in handy. KK> Many thanks for the two answers so far! You're always welcome. KK> p.s.: I realise that I made an inadvertent (and invisible at the time KK> of posting) mistake and the posting got hidden under a different KK> thread in the archive. I apologise and ensure you I will clean up my KK> act :-) Oh, you don't have to behave __that__ good. Well, in time you'd see what I mean <winky grin> As for your trouble with spot meter. It is actually quite convenient. You set 6th function to 1 (if I am not mistaken) and then each time you point your camera someplace and press the AE-Lock button, you get your spot measurement that also would be valid for 20 seconds. After 20 seconds camera would reverse to matrix metering and exposure values would probably change. This is "shiftable". That is, if you're in shutter speed (T) priority mode, and you change the shutter speed, then aperture value would change to match the shutter speed. Or if you're using an old lens in full auto mode, and if you change the aperture, then shutter speed would change to match. Now, if you want to measure another spot you just press AE-Lock button again, hereby <g> releasing the Auto Exposure Lock, point it wherever you want and press AE-Lock button again. In fact, from a year of use I must tell you that -6's interface is absolutely fluent and absolutely convenient. It may take you one film worth of shots to get used to it, and of course don't forget to read the manual <grin>. By the way, the automatic programs of sorts could be useful for your wife if she likes her photos served automatically. I don't use them all together except the sport mode that force predictive auto focus. Again, what matters if your own taste and feeling if you get to handle hopefully at the same time both cameras. I think that by now I would probably choose -5n, but I am perfectly happy with -6 just as well. Good hunting. --- Boris Liberman www.geocities.com/dunno57
