Hi, tom, Bob and Paul, Thanks for your responses. I surfed around the web a bit last night, and much of what you three said was confirmed in various reviews.
Turns out the body's plastic (a camera shop selling them steered me wrong). They also seem to have variable quality from sample to sample, as some have found them quite noisy for a rangefinder, while others haven't. And the lenses have been almost universally praised (plus, I guess, you can stick old Leica screwmounts on them if you want/can afford to). I've seen them for not too much on eBay, but from the sounds of it, I'll want to hold one in my hands before I buy, or at least get a money back warranty if I buy on on-line - on second thought, that might be a PIA... Anyway, it seems like an interesting camera. Thanks again to all who responded. regards, frank tom wrote: > I'm borrowing a friend's at the moment. > > - They're pretty cheap, check B+H. > - They've released *really* inexpensive 15mm and 12mm lenses. > - It may be all metal, but it doesn't feel all that solid. The lenses, > otoh, do feel nice. > - I find the shutter speed dial to be clumsy, but maybe I haven't found > the trick to it. > - I can't say I'm a big fan of the led metering. > > tv > - > 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 . -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - 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 .
