I have at one time or another owned nearly every Pentax SLR made from the Pre-Spotmatic Asahis thru the *ist film camera, EXCEPT a representive from the SF series, a PZ-1p, an MZ-S or an LX. (PZ-1p, MZ-S and LX are still out of range in price.) But being the Pentax addict that I am I picked up an SF1n and it got delivered today. I was thinking it might be a sturdy "Knock Around" body so as not risk serious injury to my beloved ZX-5n's.
Here are my first impressions, please let me know if you SF owners agree: 1.) It's HEAVY (Has the AA battery grip) 2.) It appears to be very sturdy and well built, other than the flash and top cover. 3.) It's BIG. 4.) Autofocus is noisey enough to wake the dead. 5.) It's HEAVY. 6.) It seems to have a nice well rounded feature set except for MLU and DOF preview. 7.) Seems to be very close to spot focus and though slower focusing than I'm used to seems to do fairly well with a good lens. 8.) Though different than what I'm used to the controls seem well placed and easily reached. 9.) By the sound and feel of it, it seems that it would be reliable as a sledge hammer. 10.) Heck it could be USED as a sledge hammer! (Have I mentioned that it's HEAVY?) Whatcha' Think? Don
