Okay, Gianfranco, thanks again. (Good help from Italy!) I am especially glad to hear what you have to say about your style of shooting, as that's just exactly what I enjoy doing also. For some reason I really like to avoid using flash if it is at all possible.... I've found the ZX-M to be a good manual camera for this kind of work. Only it has one serious drawback for me.... It's a little light of weight, even with the battery pack. It works just fine with "plastic" lenses and "plastic" TC's, and if I stay with my FA 50mm 1.4 and my Tamron 2x TC, everything works perfectly! But when I put an older M series moderate zoom on it, (75-150mm,) I get camera shake (because of my hands), and because the lens is too heavy for the camera. Some of these older Pentax lenses I think were really designed to work with K and P and LX metal bodies; all of which are heavier than these newer ZX series composite bodies. But the PZ1p is also quite heavy (heavier than a K body), and this, and the fact that you say you do not get any camera shake, is welcome news for me... And my new experiences now are telling me not to knock the newer plastic lenses. If they work better, (for me anyway), then why should I seek out heavier, more traditional glass? (Except for price, of course. But a bargain price means nothing if the equipment is not right for one, yes?) But with the heavier PZ1p? Well maybe some of the old glass might well be okay with me, with that camera. We'll see. Thanks again, Skip > > Needless (or not?) to say that if you need a speed faster then the one chosen > by the MTF mode you can shift the program line, as you can do with the default > P mode, and then return to the MTF line by pressing the IF button (Ah, the > beauty and usefulness of the HyP modes...). > I hope it sounds clearer now. Yes, it does! > > Gianfranco > > ps: about my style of shooting, I often use speeds around 1/15, 1/10 handheld > (theatre, available light reportage), and the Z-1p acts really well, no > shacking or vibrations, although I'm used to the feel of the release button of > the LX with winder in such situations (almost no stroke of the button). I hope > the MZ-S has, if not the same, a similar feeling. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
