Steve wrote: With all of this in mind, I tried shooting a bit using the MZ-S in full manual mode. It works really well this way, and I find the speed dial very convenient to spin while I'm looking through the camera. I do like the viewfinder better on the MX, however, especially the split prism. Nonetheless, I think I have a new appreciation for the MZ-S interface as a bridge between the robocam and the older style SLR's. Certainly the MZ-S and the MX make a nice combination.
REPLY: Thats almost certainly the rationale behind the MZ-S interface. Incidentally, the Z-1p is Pentax best manual camera if you by manual camera mean the ability to be in total and excact control, as opposed to wanting a camera from a certain era with certain feature set. Precise spotmetering, the ability to set exposure in 1/3s increments manually and an exposure readout scale in 1/3s increments, all possible to set with the eye to the finder, is hard to beat. The MZ-S is usurpassed if you want full manual control with the option of effordless switch to aperture priority auto. P�l
