Dario Bonazza wrote: > The *ist was the last film SLR model, but hardly great. It was a tiny > crippled camera instead. > > The MZ-S was truly a great camera, IMHO the last great film SLR by PENTAX! > > Dario >
To be fair, the *ist isn't that bad. It has a marvelous meter in it, SAFOX VIII auto focus, supports wireless flash with the pop-up, and has nearly every feature of the MZ-S. On the downside, it is crippled (no workaround), has a pentamirror finder (which is actually quite bright), incorporates that same horrible one-wheel interface the DS has, and is generally flimsier than the MZ-S (plastic, plastic, plastic, with a slower, much weaker AF motor). The *ist was really a pretty good rig when my wife and I were sharing a camera. It fit her small hands very well. Adding the battery grip made it comfy for me. I'll agree, though, that it would have to take a back seat to the MZ-S. I still have mine, though I haven't used it in quite some time. Now that I have the 360 flash gun it might see some use for off-camera flash with film. Two and a half years ago I nearly blinded Chainsaw Dave when he was trying to figure out how to get his flash working with his D. <g> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Apilado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 7:09 PM > Subject: Film slrs > > > >> What was the last great 35mm slr that Pentax made? The *ist, or the >> MZ-S? >> >> Jim A. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
