l wrote:
> > a year or so ago I had the use of a PZ1-p and shot off a
> > dozen rolls of 400asa in an afternoon at an indoor event.
> > I really liked the camera - but not enough to justify getting
> > one and then needing to replace 14 primes w/ AF versions.
... and then Mark Cassino wrote:
> I use my Pz-1p's almost exclusively as manual focusing bodies. The
> finder is very accurate for MF work, focusing off the plain ground
> glass finder works better than it does with the LX or ME Super.
> As an MF camera, it is excellent. It's not bad as an AF body either.
Oh - my reasoning is strictly financial survival motivated ;^)
as it is, all but* my 400mm f5.6 are m42 primes - so, even though
there are many useful features & functions using the PZ1-p as a
manual focus (I *really* liked the focus confirmation buzzer :)
body and I would actually even have many of these w/ my m42's, so
still would I be constrained to shooting "at aperture". I suspect
that you already have many K and KA lenses which really would make
a great Manual Focus outfit. As it is, my SuperProgram/SuperTakumar
combos are performing exceptionally well considering the relatively
small costs of all those used bodies (7) & lenses (13 focal lengths
and a SMCK 45-125mm f4 zoom)
* ... Oh, have an A50mm f2 somewhere, too
..... I am also *certain* that I would be on another lens-buying
binge in no time - probably starting w/ the A15mm f3.5, FA* 85mm
f1.4, one of those good 100mm macros and the good 24mm one. Finding
one of those 400mm f2.8's like yours would certainly be a dilemma!!
Bill
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