Frankly, the AF is so primitive on the 5n that I consider it a MF body. When I had mine, I tried AF a couple times, turned it off and never used it again. It was dog-slow in comparison to every other AF body I've owned (even the circa-1988 Nikon F801).
-Adam Toralf Lund wrote: > 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? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
