As a side item, if you wanted fast AF you should have tried out a PZ1p. You would never have gone over to the other side. Boy, what a can o' worms I've opened.
PENTAX ROCKS. Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 5:09 PM Subject: Re: Spotmatic? II or F? > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Girlfren', you're going to buy an LX eventually. We all do. Might as > > well just save all the intermediate heartache and get it now. > > Hehehehehe. Well, maybe. :-) > > Tom wrote: > > >Spot on, ERNR! Marnie: you want the LX, of course, but if you do go > for a Spotmatic, the F is the model to get. It's the top of the line > Spottie, and a really sweet camera. Stick with SMC Takumar lenses, > and you can use open aperture metering. Use modern PX625A 1.5 volt > cells instead of the original mercury ones: the metering circuitry is > balanced, so the voltage difference won't matter. > > >-tih > > Thanks for the battery tip. > > Actually I think I am sticking with the Elan for my main camera. While I like > the Pentax interface better, I am pretty happy with an USM IS zoom that I > have. And I like the Elan's fast auto focus. And, as for buying more expensive > glass and investing more and more into glass, I pretty much have to stay with > the same brand. So down the road, it's quite possible I'll be going with a Canon > DSLR. But maybe not, we shall see. > > However, screwmount lenses are sort of semi-compatible. I could switch lenses > between cameras, be "backward compatible" on the Canon ;-). And I've wanted > another all manual camera. So I think this is going to be my best solution. > > Also getting just Takumar scremounts for the metering -- no problemo. The > only exception will be the Zenitar. > > Thx. Marnie aka Doe Still looking around, so if anyone on the list has a > Spottie F to sell, please contact me off list. Hehehehehe. >
