petit miam writes:
> I am a dedicated Pentax fan, but don't think I would
> buy an MZ-S either. I think if you start getting too
> many features, you start forgetting about photography.
That can certainly happen but it really becomes a matter of thinking of
"features" as "tools". Most people seem to buy a camera based on feature
count, then never use any of the features!
I bought my Z-1p so I could do portraits and wildlife shooting without having
to manually focus at wide apertures on moving objects, all while trying to
figure out fill-flash. It's a great body but I do believe that the feel of a K2 with
a SMCP 50mm f/1.2 can hardly be matched.
> Also I don't want a fully automated camera. I love the
> feel of my manual wind-on, and rewind.
I like the lack of noise my manual wind makes. I would love a new camera
that has a removable winder (just think how compact the MZ-S would be
without a winder or RTF). The Z-1p winder is just about indispensable when I
don't want to take my eye off the viewfinder but any other time it's just a
battery-draining noisemaker.
> And I love
> setting my shutter-speed and aperture to get the photo
> I want, not the photo the camera thinks I should have.
I still get that with my Z-1p. Hyper-program mode rocks. This is also part of
the reason I switched to slide film: I want to see what I took, not what the
lab's machine considers an "18% average". I just wish it had an electronic
DOF preview :(
> Having bought my first auto-focus camera 6 months ago,
> I have also decided that I think I prefer manual
> focus. My eyes are more reliable.
I find manual focus quite difficult in darker conditions, but I think a split-
image screen would be better for that. My K2 bodies both have microprism
screens but I can accurately focus my RB67 in any amount of dark. I
generally prefer the microprism screen because the split-image requires a
vertical line to focus on.
> Having said that, I definitely don't want my camera to
> say Nikon or Canon. I would be ashamed. Only Pentax
> for me. They are great cameras. I think maybe an LX
> next, only I am struggling to get one in this remote
> part of NZ.
How remote is remote? :) I know a guy who inherited two LXes and I've
seen one other for sale in a pawn shop. I've yet to actually touch one though.
Cheers,
- Dave
David A. Mann, B.E.
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