Sheesh! You guys (all who previously answered) are no help at all. I was trying for something small, something Pentax. Sheesh!
That is much more like, Godfrey, if I am not going to do Pentax for a small travel camera, might as well check out the m3/4. Thanks. Marnie aka Doe ;-) The MX-1 is small, cute, and retro. Sheesh! In a message dated 9/21/2013 12:24:36 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, godd...@me.com writes: No interest in X-5 myself. My walkabout camera is an Olympus E-PL1 that I picked up body only used for $95. A new Olympus 15mm f/8 body-cap lens was $50, and I already had the Ricoh GV-2 finder for the Ricoh GXR with A12 28mm camera unit. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3748/9859745064_0ae3102f26_o.jpg The whole deal weighs 14 oz as you see it there, and is big enough to hold steadily. The lens is a fixed aperture 15mm f/8 triplet. It focuses from infinity to .3m at the close limit with a little lever, is click-stopped at the hyper-focal distance for snap-shooting. When you slide the lever to the red mark, it's covered and protected. Light, handy, in body image stabilization ... the body takes an EVF if you want to as well, and the lens mount is completely compatible with the entire range of Micro-FourThirds lenses and other accessories. Image quality is not bad for a cheap triplet lens ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/9859734955/lightbox Of course, if I want more quality, similar size and a wee bit more weight, an Olympus 17mm f/2.8 lens and a 35mm optical viewfinder does an even better job on the same body. G -- 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.
