On Sat, 31 Mar 2001 18:08:21 -0800 (PST), petit miam wrote:
>1. The manual focus screen - My MZ-30 only has the
>outline of a square in the viewfinder which is about
>as helpful as trying to focus through frosted glass.
>And I have discovered I prefer manual focus. I take
>lots of closeups with my close-up filters and
>auto-focus doesn't work at all.
>2. That wonderful feeling of winding on the film by
>hand - nothing beats it and my MZ-30 is auto-wind.
>3. I love the feel of the leather half-case in my
>hands.
>4. The lightmeter needle. I can't get used to these
>LEDs.
>
>So I am thinking of getting an LX as well, and trying
>to get my Spotmatic fixed. I know no.1 above is
>covered, but what about no.2? I don't expect to get
>no.3, but that would be a bonus.
>
The LX won't give you nr 4 either, it has coloured LED's
to indicate metered shutter-speed (AUTO), and some
analog 'flag' for the manual set speed.
>And I also hear lots about the P1-zp. I know nothing
>about this camera. What does it have going for it? The
>LX and P1-zp seem to have their separate fan-clubs. I
>don't think I have heard from anyone who raves about
>both.
Lots of people on the list have both, as I do.
They are very different beasts, but both with their own
strengths and weaknesses.
The LX is a beautiful, almost fully mechanical camera
that is manual focus. It has a distinctive 'quality' feel.
I use it a lot for macro work, where manual focus is
almost mandatory and time is not an issue.
Really love it combined with the A* 200mm macro!
The PZ1p is an AF workhorse that has a lot of features
while it has a very nice user-interface.
I use it for wildlife and other 'time critical' subjects, if
possible combined with some fast AF glass like
the FA* 200mm or FA* 85mm.
Regards, JvW
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Jan van Wijk; www.fsys.demon.nl
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