And this little piece of junk also has a mirror pre-fire. Thanks, Ed http://lightandsilver.com
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of William Robb > Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 9:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Switching to Pentax > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ed Mathews" > Subject: RE: Switching to Pentax > > > > I'm not saying this just to be a "anti Pentax" jerk, but I > feel I need > > to state it: My late father's one and only SLR was a new > Nikon EM, and > > I still have it, and my kids still use it when they want to > shoot with > > an SLR. It has NEVER seen a CLA, and I've replaced the > battery only > > twice. It exposes perfectly and has never failed or produced > a negative > > I could say was bad due to the camera. AND,,,, it accepts all > my > > current AF Nikkor lenses with full camera functions. I > suspect many > > could say the same about their old K-1000 too. Inexpensive > does not > > necessarily mean junk. > > The camera that goes byup, byup. My wifes old boss had one of > those. The only problem with the EM was that it was AE only. > It was actually a pretty tough little camera. A knowedgable > operator could set the aperture where he wanted it, then dial > in the shutter speed using the ISO dial. The advantage of the > EM was that it didn't have the flexible curcuit board that > the FG/ FG20 had, which is what made that series so > unreliable. The downside is that full camera functions is > pretty limited on that camera. - 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 .
