I can confirm that the Super A is quite a loud camera - i.e. the combimed sound of mirror and shutter is much louder than that of the ME Super, which is very well damped, and even louder than that of the K2. For this reason I like the ME Super better than the Super A, but the ME super is known for more frequently developing electronic problems. The ME Super as well as the Super A/Super Program feature vertical run metal blade shutters (just like the K2) but with 1/2000 second as the shortest shutter speed (as opposed to 1/1000 on the K2). The Super A/Super Program also features TV and program modes with A/F and FA lenses as well as TTL flash.

Another upgrade option for the K2 would be the K2 DMD which has the same great (for good lighting conditions) viewfinder, and which adds not only "data and motor drive " options but also the following features:
- display of the aperture in the viewfinder
- a warning in the viewfinder if an exposure factor is selected
- memory lock. - viewfinder blind for correctly exposed self-timer operation in AV mode.


"X"tra class cameras which I would also consider are the KX and the MX - both highly reliable fully manual mechanical bodies with full information viewfinders, with the MX being smaller and quieter - and the LX, of course, which in my opinion is the best of the non-AF Pentax 35mm bodies - but only if it does not have a sticky mirror (servicing of the LX is quite expensive but at least it is still available).

Arnold

Paul Delcour schrieb:

Meaning the Super A/Program is loud? I have a K2 and was just considering
getting a Super A/Program. But there have been so many models after the K2
(which I still deeply love) that I've completely lost my way among them
trying to determine which one would be the one for me. My K2 has served me
now for 25 years on end without any fault whatsoever. Didn't shoot that much
in all those years, maybe some 400 films, but it's a difficult count. So far
the K2 has never disappointed me, so why change? Unless you know better...

:-)

Paul Delcour

PS
anyone else from Holland?





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