----------------- > But please remember I have just recently (3 weeks ago) upped my > viewfinder standards significantly - from K2DMD and SFXn to LX ;-) > so I am not objective at all! YMMV.
We do understand :DD > > �therwise, the body felt quite small and with well-placed controls, > the good thing was ability to control the aperture from the body > even in manual mode (with lens on "A"), or aperture-priority in "A" > mode by controlling the aperture from the body. I like this feature in my MZ-7 and prefer it to the manual operation in my MZ-5n, but I can live w/o it... > The spot metering > button (AE-L plus PF #5) is not well thought I think, as it locks > the exposure, you have to press it again to unlock it, and press it > once more to get another spot reading and lock it, that's just too > many presses for me, I would preffer a PF#12... to allow for simple > "hold" operation, like on older pre-AF bodies (hold to take reading > and lock it, release to clear reading, press and hold again to take > second reading/lock,...). Yes, putting the spot metering among the PF's wasn't a good idea, I think... > For casual shooting I would seem to like the > body, except the viewfinder (but as I said earlier, I dislike > almost all new viewfinders on most new brands bodies) There's always a problem of a dark viewfinder when mounting cheap zoom lenses with the maximum aperture of 4 or 5,6:((( I can see the difference between my MZ-5n+SMC FA 28-105mm/4-5,6 and my Program A+SMC A 50mm f/1,7:) Greetz Artur > >Good light, > Frantisek -- Tego nie znajdziesz w zadnym sklepie! [ http://oferty.onet.pl ] - 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 .
