The Sears KS Super is pretty simple. IIRC, Green light = shoot, Red Light
= Don't shoot. I think the red one blinks for under/over exposure.
Constant red I think means 1s-1/30s, and Green is 1/60-1/1000. Anyway, a
bit crude for my tastes. I prefer the XR-7/XR-S AKA Sears KS2.
As for other Sears lenses, the 80-200mm F4 stands out as a nice, constant
aperture, zoom that is actually quite sharp, though I get light falloff at
F4 at the longer focal lengths on my sample. The Sears 50mm lenses are
nothing special, and I haven't heard much about their other lenses.
Todd
At 12:07 PM 4/5/01 +0200, you wrote:
>Hello
>
> I just received this morning a Sears ks super (aka Ricoh XR6) body with
> attached 135mm/2.8 (macro) sears lens that I bought through ebay after
> reading some nice comments (about the lens) on this very list 2 or 3 months
> ago. Except for the mirror which is scratched (barley visible through the
> viewfinder) the body seems quite functional, though it's a little bigger
and
> heavier the my ME. It's an aperture-priority auto, with possible (-2, -1,
> +1, +2) exp. compensation on the asa dial (which goes to 3200 asa). Apart
> from the actual max shutter speed (and sync speed), the only question left
> about this supersimple body is I don't understand rigth now all the details
> of the exposure indication LEDS, someimes the green one blinks, sometimes
> not. (Butkus'[1] site hasn't this model's manual online, unfortunately).
> Another detail that I like: the 45deg center split-screen, I prefer this
> over either horizontal or vert split (took to like it thru the mamiya NC
> bodies).
>
> The lens seem okay, the "macro zone" additional ring is a bit strange at
> first, but its an interesting addition. Now I need to get familiar with the
> setup. Now I intend to go shooting a film during lunch break, to see if
this
> lens is as good (or not-as-bad) as some list members have said.
>
> I wonder what other PK-mount Sears might be desirable alternatives to
> genuine Pentax lenses, especially in the upper-range (200mm and longer).
>
>
>Cheers.
>
>Fabrice
>
>
>[1]http://www.butkus.org/chinon/
>--
>Fabrice Gambérini
> -- = Wavecom S.A. = --
>Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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