Dear Paul, I have a ZX-L, the US version of the MZ-6, and I really like it. As to my opinion, some caveats: this is my first AF camera, and I would rate myself as maybe "advanced beginner" :-). My first 35mm SLR was a P30t.
I purchased mine for $379 US from JandR.com camera (they did price matching to get that price for me) for the 28-80 f/3.5-5.6 kit plus a 4-year warranty. I like the autofocus - it is fast, but it could be faster. The AF noise is not significant to me, but trying out my fiancee's uncle's camera (EOS Rebel 2000), it is a lot noisier. (There was some buzz about Pentax coming out with a USM-like system for their lenses, but I didn't really catch that thread here.) I generally find metering to be very good. Even in hard-to-meter situations. I find the AF to generally be very good. Occasionally, the AF has trouble finding lines to focus on. Generally, I can choose a nearby spot for focus and use that (press the shutter half-way to focus, recompose, and shoot) On camera flash is generally OK, just bear in mind you will want a larger flash to go with the camera. I currently use a Sunpak Auto144PC (GN66 @ ISO100), which is really a little weak to shoot with the 3.5-5.6 lens, IMO. I'd sure like to get the AF-360FGZ and try out the advanced flash system Pentax has put on the camera. It supports wireless TTL flash. The camera has several "modes" for choosing time/aperture values. These generally work ok. If I go with some program, I generally choose "auto" or "action". Auto turns the camera into a glorified P&S, but seems to choose appropriately more than 90% of the time. I have also tried out my 50mm f/2 SMC-A lens, and it work just fine. The ZX-L has focus assist, which helps my eyes (they ain't the greatest, but they get the job done). Comparing to the P30t, I like almost everything better, just miss the split-image focusing area (which is really nice for manual focus). OTOH, I find the viewfinder image of the ZX-L to be brighter than the P30t. I have some photos online, if you would like to look, from my fiancee's brother's wedding. Photos not attributed to Doris or Shirley were taken by me. July 5-6 I shot Fuji 400 and Fuji 200 film and used the auto mode and on camera flash. July 27 I shot Fuji NPS (first roll) and Fuji NPH (second roll) with the Sunpak flash and metered manual mode. All pics with the 28-80 lens: http://golux.resnet.gatech.edu/~Henry_and_Katie/ (For those interested, Shirley's pics are from a Canon Powershot G2, Doris's from a Canon(?) P&S and from a Kodak digital camera). I shot some slides. The best of those are here: http://golux.resnet.gatech.edu/~zorn/photog/amicalolaFalls/thumbdex.html http://golux.resnet.gatech.edu/~zorn/photog/gatechNight/thumbdex.html Those were generally shot shutter-priority and I used on camera metering also. The slides look MUCH better than these scans (I haven't had time to go re-balance them all color-wise). Those are all on Kodak Elite Chrome 100. (You can see the rest of that roll from http://golux.resnet.gatech.edu/~zorn/photog) Would I recommend you buy this camera? Yes. Would I recommed the kit? Maybe - look into a ZX-L body plus the 28-105 lens about which I have been reading good things on this list recently. Hope this is useful to all! Galen -------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 08:50:49 +0800 From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: mz6 Any comments on the mz-6 I cnt find much on the net I am looking for an a AF with dofp and decent metering This has these but I would like to hear some non salesman comment before I get the credit card out regards Paul - - 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 . ------------------------------------- Galen S. Swint [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte213x - 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 .
