Why aren't you using the same lenses you use on your K1000
on the ZX-5n?
At 10:11 AM 2/20/01 -0500, you wrote:
>I almost hate to open up this can of
>worms again. But over the weekend my
>wife commented on how I almost never use
>my ZX-5n. She made me realize that in
>the last year my use of auto focus has
>declined sharply. As many of you
>eagerly await the MZ-S I find myself
>debating the purchase of more screwmount
>equipment or slowly growing my small
>Contax collection. As we all know this
>list is populated many who prefer MF but
>do any of you who own both AF and MF
>systems find yourself using one far more
>than the other. For me the choice to
>use MF wasn't necessarily a conscious
>one however there are a few key factors.
>
>1. Feel- None of my AF gear feels as
>solid or a durable as my manual focus
>stuff.
>
>2. Durability- I will and have taken my
>k1000 places no camera should go and
>it's never let me down.
>
>3. Control- I'm a control freak, I
>admit it and before you can say use your
>AF gear in MF mode I can preemptively
>say it's not the same.
>
>4. Nostalgia- The K1000 was my first
>camera I grew up using MF and it just
>feels more natural to me. Combine that
>with me being and old fashioned guy by
>nature and I gravitate toward the old
>way.
>
>So how about you?
>
>Evan Hanson
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>
>P.S. Bob Walkden, how is that Contax
>gear holding up my 159mm is very nice
>but I long for an RX or RTS.
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