I think exposure memory lock,automatic exposure braketing and one other item that I forget were added to the 5 to make it the 5n.
DG At 08:16 AM 3/25/02 -0800, you wrote: >Fred .. > >Why not just order a manual from Pentax - $4.00. > >There are differences between the cameras, although I'm no longer sure >of exactly what they are. But some time ago I was considering them as a >P&S replacement, and decided that, because of the different features, >the 5n was more to my liking. I think the metering is different, and >the way the flash operates may be different as well. > >Fred wrote: > > > > Hello, all. > > > > How similar is the ZX-5n to the ZX-5 (or the MZ-5n to the MZ-5)? I > > would like to get a book (that would supplement the owners manual) > > for the use of the ZX-5n - one for my wife and one for my > > daughter-in-law, both of whom received ZX-5n's for Christmas > > presents. > > > > However, the best I can seem to come up with for a book is "Complete > > Pentax User's Guide : Pentax MZ-5, MZ-10, Z-1P, Z-70, ZX-5, ZX-10, > > PZ-1P, PZ-70" by John Clements, from way back in February of 1997. > > If the two bodies are ~very~ similar, then this might be a good > > book. However, if the two bodies are significantly different, then > > the book might just add confusion rather than helping these new > > ZX-5n owners. > > > > Such encyclopedic info as actual feature differences (as shown on > > Boz's site, e.g.) are only part of the question, because similar (or > > even identical) controls could have been moved to different > > locations, or could be accessed differently, or could be displayed > > differently, when the ZX-5 was upgraded (or "sidegraded"?) to the > > ZX-5n. > > > > Or, to take a different tack, is there a better book to get? (I'm > > not looking to give them any more "general photography" books - I'm > > looking for books with ZX-5n-specific info.) > > > > So, I guess that I (a mostly manual focus guy, not including my MEF > > collection) am looking for some knowledgeable input from some of you > > AF aficionados out there. What say? > >-- >Shel Belinkoff >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ >http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/darkroom-rentals/index.html >- >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 . - 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 .
