> The Program Plus isn't a bad camera! > It and the Super Program are the best, last of the manual focus line. > (Except for the LX which is in a special class of it's own. <g>) > You can spend more money for an autofocus model Pentax, > but your pictures won't improve that much. > Spend more on film. Shoot some slides. > The folks processing your prints can make your results unpredictable. > > Regards, Bob S.
Lots of interesting statements there, Bob. :) First off, I know the Program Plus isn't a bad camera -- it's jjust that I'd rather use a camera I paid for, not one I borrowed/inherited. I dunno, it's some pride thing, I guess! I'm a fan of the manual cameras -- I sit in front of a computer for 10 hours a day writing code, the LAST thing I want to do when I get offf work is wrangle more electronics. Just give me a heavy all-manual camera and I'll be happy. I have actually been thinking about the LX. Removable finders, changeable screens, rewind frame counting, fast fast shutter speed, good metering, and all those other nifty things everyone knows about. I've read about the sticky mirror problem, and that seems to be the thing I'll have to look at. As far as slides go, I've recently been transitioning into them. After I shot my first batch I was simply blown away by how much better they look! So bright! Even though the first roll wasjust boring things around the house, I think my girlfriend must have heard "Holy cow!! Look how THIS looks!!" about 50 times when I brought the slides home. :) Tom
