I didn't grow up with screwmount and MF stuff too, but I'd choose easily today the old stuff. I took my first pictures and learned with an old leica rangefinder from my family in the late 80s till I got it robbed in 96 and got the Mz-5N. As my lenses were expanding, I started using manual focus stuff in 2000. I don't know why I bought this MX one rainy day, but since I had it in my hands, the Mz-5n ended up in the shelf, only being used for TTL flash (that is : almost never - and most of the times I decided to take it out the batteries where dead) and now the shelf is full of manual focus lenses and bodies.
I like the simplicity, reliability and compactness of the MX. I also like the viewfinder a lot. I like K series lenses from the mid seventies. I rented the Mz-5N + FA 43mm to a friend last week and sadly all her prints where overlapped (about 1mm on the neg, for almost every single picture). Sad to see the MZ is only 6 year old and the winding mechanism is no longer accurate. Not having a reliable AF camera today really isn't a concern for me and I think I'll just be happy to shoot MXes for a long time. Maybe an LX one day though... Thibault Grouas. « Brad Dobo » <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > Easy for me, the new stuff. I'm different because I didn't grow up with the > stuff many of you did. Next it'll be 'A' flash units vs cube flash, or cube > vs flash powder <g> I think it all depends on the generation, and nothing > to do with the quality (not saying one is better than another). Perhaps the > best photographers were those that didn't have any metering of any sort, > used their brains to figure out what was best, and mixed their own powder to > get the correct flash? <vbg> > > Brad > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 4:30 PM > Subject: Hypothetical Question > >>> If Pentax...would >>> have applied advances in autofocus, image >>> stabilization...how many of you would >>> be still shooting with Pentax (a majority brand)? Or >>> would you be shooting Canon FD and poking jealous fun >>> at Pentax snobs <G>? >> >> >> Hah! Great point. >> >> Canon is so good at being Canon, nobody else has to be Canon.... >> >> So let me ask a hypothetical question here. Asked of everyone. IF you have >> to choose between EITHER the older, metal bodied, manual focus Pentax > family >> (Spotmatics, M series, A series, up to LX) ***OR*** the >> polycarbonate-bodied, AF Pentax family (P series, ZX series, up to >> MZ-S)--and you couldn't mix and match and you couldn't use both--which > would >> it be? >> >> I guess since my main Pentax is an ESII you know which way I lean. >> >> --Mike >> >> >
