>Bob, > >The ME-F is not really that rare. It appears regularly on ebay, but at >$38.50+$8 you got a nice price. Most folks don't understand that a ME-F and >an ME Super are basically the same camera with identical function.
Bob and Bob, some small differences may occasionnally be interesting to someone: (1) the ME-F takes the great Digital Data Back M directly like the Super-Program. ME-Super needs a special cable that came with the back when purchased new I think. I found my used Digital Back without a cable. (2) the ME-F has a focus confirmation device like the one found on later Auto-focus cameras. I guess the device is not as capable as on the latest machines. >Those who know it well, would just as soon have the ME Super. The ME-F takes >4 batteries, not 2, and seems to eat them regularly. In what is called here "magazins � une piasse" or "$1 stores", we find 5 alkaline 76 batteries for 1 canadian $, that is 15 US cents each! >The plastic battery >door seems to be broken on about half of them. Indeed. But a piece of tuck tape does the trick, if not elegant. >And the extra electronics >jammed into the camera have got to be a liability over time. On the one I had, the focus confirmaton device was making a weird noise while going in and out, so I had the circuit neutralized by a technician. Andre -- - 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 .
