Re: Summary and manual focusing on the newer cameras

2003-03-08 Thread Carlos Royo
Levente -Levi- Littvay wrote: So the MZ-S and the Z/SF series are my options. (and the *ist which has not been tested by any of us... so I'll wait... :)) In my experience, manual focusing in the MZ-S would be the best of the lot, in spite of the relative low magnification finder, the

Re: Summary and manual focusing on the newer cameras

2003-03-08 Thread gfen
On 7 Mar 2003, Levente -Levi- Littvay wrote: The *ist has the best (most sophisticated) autofocus and the prism is some new bright one which sould be very cool. Also it can shoot more pics per sec. (2.7) I thought the *ist used a pentamirror system, and had a really atrotcious viewfinder, at

Summary and manual focusing on the newer cameras

2003-03-07 Thread Levente -Levi- Littvay
Just figured I'll sum up what I learned. Please let me know if I am still mistaken somewhere... MZ-30 and MZ-60 (ZX if you pref) will not work with my manual aperture lenses. - these are out of the Q. The MZ-3 and MZ-5n has the best feel for someone who is used to the dial on the MX, K-1000,

Re: Summary and manual focusing on the newer cameras

2003-03-07 Thread Ryan K. Brooks
Levente -Levi- Littvay wrote: The *ist has the best (most sophisticated) autofocus and the prism is some new bright one which sould be very cool. Also it can shoot more pics per sec. (2.7) I thought only the *ist D had a prism, the *ist was a mirror?

Re: Summary and manual focusing on the newer cameras

2003-03-07 Thread Alan Chan
The MZ-3 and MZ-5n has the best feel for someone who is used to the dial on the MX, K-1000, LX... etc. It also has a more sophisticated pentaprism viewfinder and simple basic functions. I do not know what sophisticated exactly mean here, but the viewfinders of the entire MZ/ZX series aren't

Re: Summary and manual focusing on the newer cameras

2003-03-07 Thread Levente -Levi- Littvay
Alan Thanks very much for the help... (It is awsome to be on a list with so helpful people...) What is the spot metering? How will it affect it? The split image does interfere the accuracy of spot meter. I have found no way to compensate because it seems to be situation dependent.

Re: Summary and manual focusing on the newer cameras

2003-03-07 Thread Alan Chan
What is the dif between spot metering and center weight? Spot meter measures only the very centre (about 5%?) of the picture area while centre-weighted measures the whole picture area with emphasis toward the centre. Every manufacturer and camera model has slightly different pattern so you have