Do NOT knock the KX until you've tried. it. KX can be had with a range-finder split image screen, but the small microprism is very useful. Pulling out the wind lever to meter is a GOOD thing. Smack it back, push that cute little shutter button almost all the way down, and wait for the moment without wasting batteries. The KX is a very, very very good camera. MXs are goofy in comparison. There. Comments welcome. grin. I'd give up everything else I own to keep my KX's running. Except lenses.
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My vacation camera solution, a KX, showed up today from KEH.
On the whole it's just about right. My only gripes are the lack of a split image focusing screen (which MIGHT be rectifyable) and the need to stand-off the wind lever to turn the meter on. Otherwise it has all the right controls in the right places.
The KX seems to be EXACTLY the same size as the F (noticeably smaller than the K2--electronics are smaller than gears) and even the screws on the
top and bottom covers are in the same place. I'd suspect there is at least 50% commonality of parts or tooling. Everything is subtly different
cosmetically but it really looks like the KX is basically a reworked F, with a few new bits like center-weighted metering and mirror lock-up
(of a sort). Presumably the KM is even more spotF-like.
The K2 is clearly the more evolved camera, with a number of relocated controls and a different shutter-speed-dial design.
