On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Miserere <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/10/16 Adam Maas <[email protected]>: >> Just posted a writeup o my opinions on various Pentax SLR's I've owned >> over the last few years on my blog over at www.mawz.ca. >> >> I suspect some might disagree with me, especially on my opinion of the >> MX and MZ-5n (neither of which I was terribly impressed by), on the >> flip isde, I really do like my K2. > > Thanks for the read, Adam. It's fine if people disagree; we all have > different needs and likes. Personally, I quite liked the MX (I prefer > smaller bodies) but I find it difficult to live without Av. The one MX > I've owned had the smoothest, silkiest film advance lever I have > *ever* used. I should've kept it just so I could play with that lever > while watching TV :-) > > I do agree on the LX. I wish they'd make a digital version. I'd be > happy with APS-C and manual focus, even with mechanical shutter > cocking like the Epson R-D1. > > I've never used any Nikon film cameras so I'll be interested in > reading what you have to say about them. > > Cheers, > > > --M.
The MX's wind lever is pretty nice as Pentax's go. But you haven't seen smooth until you've tried an F3 or EM (the later is a cheap, plastic MV/MG equivalent, but has a wonderfully smooth wind-on). The Leica M3 is also uber-smooth. As to the Nikon's, I like them for their build, the superb viewfinders and the combination of a reasonably small body and superb shutter that is the FM/FE/FA series. I really wish that Pentax had made an equivalent to the FM2n (Manual, mechanical, 1/4000 shutter, 1/250 sync, viewfinder just slightly smaller than the LX, available 3.5fps winder) -- 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.
