On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 7:54 PM, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adam Maas" > Subject: Re: Should I care about film? > > > > No, like all AF bodies it's battery dependant (As is the F100 I > > compare it too). If you're looking for a body that can function > > without batteries, the equally pricey LX is the most desirable (and is > > priced similarly against the Nikon F3 as the MZ-S is to the F100. The > > LX is much closer in performance to the F3 than the MZ-S is to the > > F100 though, in fact the F3 and LX are pretty much identical in > > capabilities, with the LX having slightly better metering and the F3 > > having a faster MD). > > The really nice thing about the LX over the F3 is that when your batteries > die, with the F3 you > get one shutter speed (X-Sync), with the LX you get from X-Sync to 1/2000 > second. > I much prefer the LX viewfinder as well. I hated the F3 viewfinder. It was > one of the reasons I > switched from my F3 based Nikon system to an LX based Pentax system. > I had the HP finder, not the regular one, I don't know if that would make a > difference or not, > but when I bought the F3HP, it was touted as the be all and end all for > glasses wearers, and > Nikon Canada wasn't brining in anything but F3HPs at the time. > > William Robb >
The standard F3 finder is IMHO far better than the HP finder and also better than the LX finder. The real weakness is the F3's meter readout, which is awful, especially in comparison to the LX's excellent one (Since you can run an F3 off AA's if you have a MD-4 handy, so batteries aren't a real issue). I generally found the left half of the LX (ISO and exposure comp controls) better than the F3 and the right half of the F3 better than the LX (MLU, shutter release, shutter dial). The LX also was a bit small, especially with out the grip (which I never owned) and had that awful 'Magic Needle' takeup spool. I'd love a MF camera that combined the best of those two cameras. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
