Pentax may have created a couple of classics. I just finished shooting
a wedding with the MZ-S and the new SMC Pentax 24-90 using Kodak Portra
400VC. The proofs are outstanding. They are very sharp and the
contrast is excellent . The color is extremely accurate for the film.
The auto focus is dead on both in the single shot mode and continues
mode, including the speeding groom's car as they left the reception.
No hunting for a focus point was noticed during the continues focusing
mode. The auto focusing is much faster in my opinion than PZ1p. It
also works flawlessly with the 1.7x auto focus extender on my 200mm 2.5.
Shoots using the TTL mode with a AF280T Pentax flash with a LumiQuest
Promax Ultrasoft yield a properly exposed print in every case. Using
slow speed sync on the flash yielded excellent results.
Metering is very accurate in both the spot and mufti segment modes with
compensation for known variations. Adjustments for spot meter readings
from both black and white were very predictable. The readings (with
know adjustments) were within a third stop of my incident meter. Didn't
try the average mode.
Both the MZ-S and the 24-90 were a pleasure to work with. This camera
works for me!!!!!!!!!
Darryl
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