Yes, it has shutter priority mode. Nice camera. My first also, and took a lot of (ab)use from a newbie...:-) I can remember only two problems with mine: the shutter release button. After some three years of use, it didn't trig the meter half-way down anymore. The sealing around the button had worn out, so I got little particles of skin debris etc. below the button that reduced conductivity on two metal parts that had to meet to trig the meter. Also, there were some wear on the release button itself. Below the surface you push down, the button narrows to a thin plastic piston that trigs the meter/shutter. It looked OK, but it was half a millimetre shorter than it should be. Didn't see that before I replaced the entire camera top.
Which I did because of problem no. 2, that the clear plastic window over the LCD fell off...:-) The top was easy to replace, btw. Bought the part from the national distributor for ca. 5 USD. My problems may be tributable to photographing in the rain... Best, Jostein http://oksne.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 9:48 PM Subject: Re: P50 > >Hi Guys > >One more question... > >I just "won" a P50 off ebay/UK (haven't received it yet). > >I purchased it because I have a P30n, which I find quite nice. > >But I missed the shutterpriority mode as well as the exposure correction > >ability. > >It seems the P50 is some kind of an early Super A, without the brilliant > >"analog user interface" a la MS-S and the modern TTL-flash ability. > >Have any of you guys got any experience with the P50, that you want to > >share? > > P50 was my 1st Pentax camera. It's the 1st and most advance body in the P > series, and P series was released after the A series. However, I do not > remember it had shutter priority mode. > > regards, > Alan Chan > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > - > 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 .
