Great thoughts, here, Toralf. Actually, I prefer using the A lenses, and would rather not have to "step backward" and purchase some M lenses.
This is a tough decision, as I like aspects of both the M and 5n, though, and it is difficult to say which I would like better (without having the 5n here). Regards, Glen On Sep 6, 2007, at 3:46 PM, Toralf Lund wrote: > Glen Tortorella wrote: >> Thank you, Toralf. While the problem may seem minor, I still say: >> why have a rather useless (and perhaps inoperable) flash atop my >> body? Things such as these tend to irritate me. > Yeah, I know what you mean. Even though I'd be quite all right without > the popup flash, and sometimes think I'd like the camera even more > if it > didn't have one, it would quite definitely annoy the heck out of > me if > it were to break. When I considered buying a camera where it wasn't > quite operational, it was of course because I imagined I would be able > to fix it. > > I really don't think concerns about the flash should hold you back > from > buying a -5n, though. It probably breaks "easily" if you are > reckless or > absent minded when it's up, otherwise you should be OK. That said, I > also see the attraction of a non-AF body. Personally, I'd be more > likely > to go for something even more manual, i.e. a body without a motor > drive, > and possibly with a mechanical shutter - but you have already > covered at > least on of those, haven't you? >> While I have not >> made a final decision, I am presently leaning toward getting a second >> ZX-M body rather than the ZX-5N. The only differences between the >> two are the meter and lens mount. With regard to the meter, I gather >> I will become less dependent on it as my skill (and experience) >> develop. > The problem is that if multi-segment metering is all you can get, the > skill won't really help you a lot - as others have pointed out. But > perhaps you are planning to use mainly lenses where center-weighted > will > be selected? >> With regard to the plastic vs. metal lens mount ring: I >> tend to be extremely careful with the things I own...I have had my >> ZX- >> M body for over three years, and the plastic mount still looks as it >> did when I first took the body out of the box. >> >> Regards, >> Glen >> >> On Sep 6, 2007, at 12:36 PM, Toralf Lund wrote: >> >> >>> Glen Tortorella wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Has anyone had of heard of any problems with the pop-up flash on >>>> the >>>> ZX-5N (malfunctions, fails to pop up, etc.)? >>>> >>> It works just find on mine, but I hardly ever use it. Then again, >>> I'm >>> not very careful when it comes to packing the camera in a nice >>> camera >>> bag and carrying gently around (or rather, not doing just that.) >>> >>> As suggested by the other response and what I've heard before, it >>> seems >>> like the most likely type of failure is that a spring or whatever >>> breaks >>> so that it won't stay up. In fact, I very nearly bought an MZ-5n in >>> that >>> condition on eBay a couple of days ago, but didn't quite manage >>> to get >>> the winning bid. I think someone at some point posted an >>> explanation of >>> how he fixed such a problem at one point. >>> >>> This somehow reminds me of some of the spam mails I tend to get. >>> Hmmm... >>> >>> - T >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
