I also have a KX that my repair guy told me had seen little use when
I brought it in for a CLA.
When I was researching what to get as a step up from my K1000, what
stood out for me regarding the KX vs. the KM is the KX's wonderfully
responsive silicon light meter (similar to the K2), as opposed to the
CdS cell in the KM (same as in the K1000 and Spotmatic F). The
silicon cell is not prone to the temporary "memory" effect of the CdS
cells and seems to provide a greater range (ASA 8-6400). The KX also
has the aperture readout (unless it has become slightly misaligned,
which seems to often happen) and MLU.
I love it as a completely manual camera, although it does seem quite
big compared to my ME Super and Super Program. The M and A series
lenses (at least the 50mm ones) look a bit small on it, and I was
lucky enough to pick up a K 50 1.4 for it, which proved significantly
sharper than my M 50 1.4 in a few very unscientific tests I did.
Joe
RE:
<Hi there Lon,
I have to agree with you here with the KX, I picked up a Black KX in mint
condition last year. When I took it for a CLA the local repair guy said he's
never seen such a nice example of a KX, it hadn't even had a CLA before. All
mechanical, match needle metering, DOF, MLU self timer and they take common
LR44 batteries for the meter. They are very nice cameras although I still
seem to be using the K1000 and KM 99% of the time in fear of brassing that
black beauty. I have both the 55K1.8 and the 50K1.4. The 55 K1.8 is a fine
lens indeed, but I'll agree with Mark in that the 50 K 1.4 absolutely ROCKS.
:)
Cheers,
Bill Gekas>
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