I'm going to add some stuff in-line here (I've had breakfast since my
last response in this thread and may be thinking more clearly)
Tom Reese wrote:
Hi Scott,
Based on what I see on Boz's site:
The ZX-5n added DOF preview to the ZX-5.
That's what made me buy the -5n after being completely uninterested in
the -5. I *think* it also added AE lock ... and maybe autobracketing??
The PZ-1P added mirror pre-fire to the PZ-1 (a version of mirror lock-up -
extremely useful for macro work)
It also added a meter scale in the viewfinder. The PZ-1 doesn't have it.
The ZX-5n, incidentally, does.
If you can choose between the two, I'd opt for the PZ-1P. It was Pentax's
top of the line camera at the time.
The PZ-1P gives you multiple exposure capability.
That's also on the PZ-1.
I meant, and forgot, to mention that the ZX-5n is a *very* quiet camera
and the PZ-1 is *not.*
I also didn't mention that the focusing screen in the PZ-1 is
user-changeable, and Beattie Intenscreens carry (or carried?) screens
for the PZ-1. I have one in mine with a split-image focusing aid. If you
like that sort of thing.
ERNR
