To cover all situations, the body would have to offer TTL flash. That makes my choice between a working Super Program and a broken Ricoh XR-P. Neither has mirror lockup, but the Ricoh has less vibration, an aperture window, a vertical release button, an exposure lock button that holds the exposure till you take the shot, and a display that doesn't need refreshing every 30 seconds or so. For this photographer, that tips my decision toward fixing the Ricoh.
For the lens, I'll go with my Pentax 50/1.4 PKA over my Rikenon P 50/2, for these reasons: 1. The colors are more pleasing to my family. 2. The Ricoh, for some reason, is extra loud in program mode and doesn't offer shutter priority, so I wouldn't need the Rikenon's P setting. My alternate choice, actually, would be the Pentax SMC 35/2K, because 1. I love the results, even at f/2.8. 2. It's more versatile indoors, for the kind of pictures I take. 3. For many years 35mm was my only focal length (Minox 35s, Olympus XA) and I'm pretty good at making the most of it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.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 .
