Thanks for the info on the K2. It is the only Pentax we have not owned or used. Will have to get one! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 4:00 PM Subject: Re: pentax keepers
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> From: "Hal & Sandra Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Pentax keepers: Spot F, ME Super, Super A, MX, LX, SFXn, PZ1P. > >> ElectroSpotmatic, K2-DMD for collectors. > > > >I'm surprised not to see KX or K1000 on this list. K1000 is, for all > >practical purposes, a Spot F with a K mount (at least until they started > >making them out of cardboard spray-painted chrome color). > > > >I don't hear much about the KX or KM. Perhaps they are as (un)reliable > >as the K2 by now and of course they are big and heavy for Pentaxes. > > The KM is identical to the K1000 electrically and mechanically, except > for the addition of a self-timer and depth-of-field preview. Actually, > the KM came first and Pentax stripped off the timer and DOF preview to > create the K1000. > > The KX is identical to the K1000 mechanically except for the addition of > DOF preview and self-timer, as in the KM, plus mirror lock-up. The KX > has different electronics: A silicon photodiode meter instead of the CdS > cell meter of the KM/K1000. > > The meter of the KX is slightly more likely to fail, in my experience, > than that of the KM/K1000. Mechanically they're all identical in terms > of reliability. > > >From what I know of the ElectroSpotmatic and K2-DMD, I'd agree that > >they are better suited to collectors than photographers due to > >reliability issues. > > I have had three K2s and found them pretty much indestructible I still > have two of them). Nary a mechanical or electronic problem. The shutter > on the K2 is great: Much more robust than the latest equipment. Of > course that's because the new stuff goes to 1/2000, 1/4000 or 1/8000 > second and so everything has to be much lighter and thus more delicate. > I think the shutter on the K2 could lop your finger off! > > > -- > Mark Roberts > Photography and writing > www.robertstech.com > >
