G'day Scott. Go the PZ-1p. Fit a grip and strap (PENTAX FD). Bloody fantastic. Leaves SFXn, ZX-L, MZ-5 for dead.
Hyper-program rocks... Mat screen is better than most for manual focusing. Nice and bright. Hooroo. Regards, Trevor Grafton. Australia -----Original Message----- From: Scott Loveless [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 27 September 2005 1:15 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: auto focus body recommendation solicitation Howdy, gang! A very brief background before I get to my question: I have a K1000, MX, *ist(film), 6 M series primes, and two auto focus zooms. The *ist's complete lack of metering with the M lenses has become frustrating. So I'm in the market for a body that will fully support all the K mount lenses I currently own. The MZ-S is the logical choice here, but the budget (read: wife) says no. I'm considering either an ZX-5(n) or a PZ-1(p). After digging through Boj's site, I'm still unsure about the differences between the ZX-5 and the ZX-5n, and between the PZ-1 and the PZ-1p. The latter of both models seems to be a bit more desirable, but are the differences significant enough to warrant ruling out the previous models? Would those of you with experience using these bodies have any recommendations, advice, alternatives, etc.? Also, I've never really understood hyper manual and hyper program. Would anyone care to briefly describe them? Thanks a bunch! -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com
