I read this and the other comments deniging the MX. Most MX were bought by very serious photographers who used them heavily unlike most ME, ME Super cameras which spent the last twenty years in a sock drawer. I had two MX bought in 78, and 80 which I used ten years, five of them semi-professionally. The only problem was mirror misalignment on the chrome one after being dropped.
It amazes me how people who buy a worn out 20 plus year old camera are sure those cameras were junk to start with. The MX was a rugged professional camera however any camera tends to become junk after a few thousand rolls of film have been run through it. Read how many folks on this list treat their MX and think how many other cameras will stand up to that kind of abuse. I have not been able to find a good low mileage MX in my area. I would think two or three times about buying one sight unseen at any price. --graywolf ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Brogden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 10:25 PM Subject: Re: The REAL reason the Pentax MX rules! > On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, William Robb wrote: > > > FWIW, I have 2 MX's. On one, the meter doesn't work at all, the > > film advance works sometimes, and the shutter works about half > > the time that the film advance works. [snip] > > I'm with Bill and Shel on this one. I've seen quite a few MX's come > through Don's, and it's surprising how many have problems of one sort or > another. I'm sure they're fine cameras if you look after them carefully > and have them CLA'd regularly, but I'm not too impressed with their track > record otherwise. By comparison, the K-series bodies tend to hold up > beautifully, and I'd be hard pressed to think of a Super Program/Program > Plus I've seen come through in the past few years that had anything wrong > with it. > > chris > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
