> > That would depend a lot on the optical appearance. Most of > > these have been used extensively, so an example that also > > looks good, will cost *much* more. > > > > I have bought mine only some months ago in heavily used > > condition (but working, except for a sticky exposure > > correction ring that had to be cleaned) - and I paid the > > equivalent of $ 85. > > > > I like it a lot, BTW. Short from TTL flash it has everything > > you would want, even exposure lock - a feature I always > > missed on the LX. > > Thanks. I'll live with one or two scrapes, but I don't want one that looks > as if it has fallen out of a pick-up on a building site! I have just sold a > K2 to a good home and would like to use the DMD version, whilst I still have > a good stock of slide film. > > Malcolm > > >
... that is exactly how mine looks. The feature I like best (apart from the exposure lock) is that an orange filter is put over the aperture readout window if an exposure correction is set, to remind you. Simply brilliant! I am always amazed what beautiful solutions Pentax engineers have come up with for certain functions ... only to forget about them for the next camera. There is a whole array of such things, like the one mentioned above. After the K2 DMD had this reminder, the ME did not have anything like that and would let you carry on shooting with 'corrected' exposure until the end of the film. As if these were developed by different departments that were not allowed to communicate... Sven
