On 5/15/06, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It's a question I've been pondering for some time so I thought I'd
open it up to discussion and debate. Let's stir the pot, rock the
boat, muddy the waters, etc.
Much as I love my MZ-S, I've noticed that I just don't use it any
more. I shoot digital for the most part. When I shoot film, it's
almost always B&W, which means I use the 645. And on the rare
occasions when I *do* shoot 35mm color film, I find it's the MX I
reach for. Small, light, simple, manual, unhurried, untechnological -
that's what I'm looking for on those occasions.
So the result is that I have this superb, ergonomic, high-tech,
magnesium-bodied gem gathering dust most of the time and that bothers
me. I know there are probably photographers out there who would
actually *use* this camera. But I haven't been able to bring myself to
sell it.
Factors making me want to keep it:
1) I love the way it feels and works.
2) I probably couldn't get much for it these days.
3) It's the ultimate (in the true sense of the word) Pentax high-end
film camera. The last of a thoroughbred line.
I should probably look around and see what used ones sell for these
days, but whether the price is high or low, it would probably make me
both happy and sad...
Like you, I love the MX, and would (and do) choose it over supposedly
higher-end cameras (my LX, to be specific) on many occasions.
BUT, are there no occasions that you may need the use of an AF film
body? That's one thing the MX can't do...
cheers,
frank
--
"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
