On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 1:40 AM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > I learned to like the MX more than ever having loved it, I still have two of > them, after all by the time I went digital the peak of the analog film > camera market was well past. One has a roll of film in it I'll have to > finish real soon now. It was a huge step up in capability and viewfinder > from the Spotmatic I had before it., though the Spotty was a better fit for > my hands TO the other hand it was as if the LX was made to my exact > specification, I still have a pair of them too. Yes, the ZX/MZ-3/5n bodies > were a bit flimsy, but their ergonomics were very good, (and I traided a > ZX-m for a ZX-5n in a three way swap). I thought the 5n Viewfinder was much > superior to the ZX--m though I have to agree the focusing screen would have > been better if it were split image. I almost never really used the 5n > autofocus, most of my best glass was and still is M and K. I really don't > need all those lenses a lot of them never get used on digital. >
I suspect I would have liked the MX more if I hadn't had continuous electrical problems with it (the on/off switch on the shutter lock is a known weak point of the design and my copy ended up being replaced over it). If you liked the Spotty better, you'd probably love a KX or K2, they're a Spotmatic-sized body in K mount, the KX is really just a bigger MX with a smaller viewfinder. I do love the LX. It's still my favourite of all the Pentax bodies. As to the MZ-5n and MZ-M, I do like the ergonomics, but they're quite flimsy compared to similar bodies. And the 5n's finder is just not good enough to overcome the advantage of a split screen even with it being bigger and brighter than the MZ-M. -- 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.
