Correction! Insert "vintage Pentax" as we quit with PZ-1P when the 'DU' fell upon the photography buffs(Digital Uncertainty). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hal & Sandra Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 6:21 PM Subject: Re: pentax keepers
> 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 > > > > >
