>From: alex wetmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Having used the "electronic analog" readouts in the Nikon F4 and F5--which >> show +-2 stops in 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments--I'm spoiled. I can >>remember >> fussing with settings on older cameras to figure out HOW FAR under or >>over >> the meter thought I was. Not a problem for slower working styles, buta >> challenge for active tricky-light shooting.
>You would like the modern Pentax bodies then. My ZX-5n and *ist D >both show 1/2 stop (or maybe 1/3rd stop) increments with +/- 2 stops >(it might even be 3 stops on the ZX-5n, it has been a while). Actually I've used the *istD and I DO like it in this respect. I've shot it mostly with studio strobes so I had forgotten what the meter display looked like. I like the ZX-M meter display which is presumably similar to the ZX-5n, but since my ZX-M has been parked at my mother's place I had forgotten how it worked as well. My only real gripes with the ZX-M are the automatic film rewind, and build quality (or lack thereof). Given the price, I could just get a handful and forgive the cheesy construction. I suspect that if I'd made it past that awful SF-1 I might have liked modern Pentaxes in general, especially if I'd gotten my hands on a PZ-1P or such. DJE
