Bruce Dayton wrote: <Ray, I am a bit curious. I do find your complaints to have some validity. Many cameras do have some design tradeoffs (flaws) or oddities about them. Have you found any camera to date that suited well enough to not have any real noticeable flaws?> Hey, I don't expect to find the perfect camera. Also, what may be a flaw to me might be no problem for you. That being said, I would say my ME-Super would be the most "flaw-less". I bought mine used and there's always been a problem with the aperture sticking. Spent about $100 to get it fixed and still no go. Of course, the sticky aperture isn't a flaw made by Pentax; it's probably caused by misuse by a previous owner who didn't know how to properly change lenses. (Another reason why I'm wary of buying used again.) So, if I had a good-working ME-Super body, then I would rate that one the highest. Someone mentioned the new version of the Nikon FM, the FM-3A. Nice camera but... I wear fairly thick eyeglasses, don't use contact lenses. So to see what's in the viewfinder I have to get my glasses up close to the VF. I've looked at the cheap Cosina-made K mount bodies (AKA Vivitar, Phoenix) and there was one thing I couldn't stand: you had to pull the film advance lever away from the body a little bit to turn on the light meter and unlock the shutter release. I played around with the camera in the store but didn't buy it (in both senses of the term). Then some time later I was looking at the Nikon FM-3A. To turn on the light meter you had to pull the film advance lever away from the body... At least with newer AF cameras I don't have to worry about the film advance lever. I can live with somewhat limited eye relief, i.e. not seeing the entire VF screen. I've done that for years. But anything poking me in my eye -- forget it! Best, Ray
