On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The K1000 may have been a Spotmatic F with a bayonet mount but I always > felt that the others in the K series were maligned unfairly. My > favourite of the K and M series has always been the KX - it's > match-needle metering system was very intuitive - much more so than that > of the later MX. The MX is wonderful but I find it just too small. > > > > Cheers > > Brian
The MX lacked the great weakness of the K line, the very unrefined build & feel. While I'm not a big MX fan (I found it smallish, unreliable and the viewfinder is a triumph of specifications over utility) I'd be hard pressed to take any of the K line over a MX without the on/off problems. I've shot with the KX and K1000 and owned a K2. They're competent cameras but after working extensively with the Nikon FM2n and FE2 (which are essentially the FM and FE with better shutters, the basic design is concurrent with the K series) it's hard to call the K series anything other than competent but unimpressive cameras. Of course the only Pentax 35mm bodies I've truly liked are the LX and PZ-1p, particularly the LX. -- 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.
