>________________________________ >De: John Francis <[email protected]> >Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Enviado: jueves 15 de septiembre de 2011 19:55 >Asunto: Re: Pentax MZ-3: is it faster than MZ-5? > >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. > > For what I remember and read in Bojidar's site, the MZ-3 is a MZ-5n with 1/4000 top speed instead of 1/2000 (the MZ-5n, which I own does have DoF preview) http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/bodies/film_MZ-ZX/index.html
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