Regards film cameras I have only mechanical, manual exposure bodies (if they have meters at all). Of the set you have above, I'd keep the K1000 or acquire an MX, sell the rest. It's my film photography ideal ... when I'm working with film, I'm taking my time and shooting, thinking carefully about what I'm doing and making the settings explicitly. All the automation stuff obfuscates what I'm trying to achieve: simplicity, a return to how I used to work a camera when I was in high school but with the 40+ years of practice and experience since to back me up. When I want automation, I want digital capture. Then I can see what the automation is doing and correct it if/when it's gone over the edge.
You likely have other ideas. ;-) G On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm attempting to do a much needed cleanup of the closet that I use to keep > my photo and camera gear. > A few years back I used to peruse craigslist for interesting Pentax gear. A > lot of the interesting lenses came with film bodies. Plus, I got a couple > from my mom. As such, I've got an assortment of film bodies that I've never > even used. I'll want to keep one or two, just because, but should find > better homes for the rest. Since all of my Pentax experience was either with > a Spotmatic or DSLRs, I don't know much about K-mount film bodies. > > So, what are the relative merits of?: > ZX-10 (AF) > ZX-50 (AF) > Super Program (AE?) > P30t (AE?) > P5 (AE?) > MEsuper > K1000 > > I'd guess that the two worth keeping would be the K1000, for simplicity, and > the ZX-50 for features. > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
