On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:54:55AM -0300, luiz felipe wrote: > Just found a MZ-3 offer at acceptable price, and I like the idea of > keeping a film body around for moments when risk of theft of the KR > is high - currently a job done by an EOS 500n. > > The MZ-3 looks the MZ-5 with DOF preview and a higher top shutter > and X sync speeds. I'm betting the overall feel and almost all of > the results will be pretty much the same, but since they came some > time apart, maybe they present some other diffs. Maybe faster AF, or > shorter shutter lag - I understand they have diff shutters. > > So, any hands-on experience on both cameras? Second to that, is > there any source of info on shutter lag for the MZ-3 and MZ-5? Any > comments on the MZ-3? Boz's site shows it to be slightly diff from > the MZ-5 in form of grip, so maybe it's significantly better than > the MZ-5 - I did have one MZ-5 for a time so I'm using it as > reference.
IIRC, the MZ-3 was the final incarnation of the MZ-5/MZ-5n series, with incremental improvements in every model. It was initially only available in Japan (fueling a thriving trade in grey-market imports). [I know the MZ-S was a later, higher-specced camera, but that was in a very different body; the MZ-3 is very similar in appearance to a MZ-5] I'd be very surprised if the MZ-3 wasn't at least as good as a MZ-5n on every scale of measurement, and significantly better in some areas. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
