Sybren posted: > Recently, my MZ-5n has started to grow old: the ISO-sensor is damaged, the > flash is impotent (won't stand up when you push the button),and the film > insert is no longer as easy as it used to be. > > So I could buy a twinbrother: another MZ-5N body. > > I like the operating of this camera, the two round knobs, I am very content > about the photo's I've made. I am not interested in those pre-programmed > 'convenience settings' like on the MZ50. Do you know if there is an upgrade > of this MZ-5n camera, with the possibility to go entirely on "Manual"? > > And have you as well experienced these weaknesses in the MZ-5n body or am I > just unlucky with my camera? > > And is it true that these camera's are called differently in the USA? Is > there any compatibility problem between USA-lenses and the "European market" > lenses?
The US name for that model is the ZX-5n. I have one, and have had two problems with it; the second is the flash problem you described. (The first was the film advance went bad and I was getting overlapped frames from time to time.) I've had both problems repaired (under extended warranty :) but suspect this camera of not being particularly robust. I think if you want the -5n interface, you're going to have to get another -5n.
