Hi! Welcome. Well Kostas, I was in the same position exactly when I was after my camera a year ago. MZ-6 can do DOF preview. It has a button that does just that. MZ-6 does not have a panoramic mode though which MZ-5n seems to have. Perhaps you got confused between the two.
Now, I chose MZ-6 - cheaper and better (on paper). I don't regret that since my MZ-6 has been a reliable camera that did all that I wanted it to do. However there is one catch. The catch is viewfinder quality. Eventually it almost forced me to buy ME Super and turn MZ-6 to be a second body while most of my shooting is done with ME Super. If you have no autofocus lenses I'd seriously suggest you'd consider used ME Super - you can have some very good instances of this class for no more than $100 - $150. Again, MZ-5n has better build, more solid, better viewfinder and it is generally considered a camera of higher class. To give you an example, my first car was Ford Sierra which in England I know is quite popular. Albeit old none of my later cars - Nissan Almera or Ford Focus couldn't come even close to the level of comfort that I had with my Sierra. Though of course both Nissan and Focus had better engine, better A/C and were generally more modern cars. If you have particular questions about MZ-6 feel free to contact me (and off list too) so that I can help you. --- Boris Liberman www.geocities.com/dunno57 ===8<==============Original message text=============== KK> Hi, KK> New to the list, though I have been consulting the archive and KK> the related sites. I am based in the UK and I shoot about a roll KK> a month, purely for fun. KK> I have an MZ-50 and a few M lenses. While I can use them with KK> the camera, it's not that convenient having to fiddle with the KK> ISO setting every time I change the aperture. I am thinking of KK> upgrading and pondering on the merits of MZ-5n and MZ-6. KK> According to Boz's site and also Pentax UK's, they both have KK> DOF preview, but according to Pentax US, the MZ-6 (OK, MZ-L) KK> does not. Can someone (preferably from the UK) clarify this KK> for me please? KK> Other than that, I cannot understand why the MZ-5n is so much KK> more expensive than the MZ-6. If anything, the 6 has faster KK> flash sync speed, and faster maximum shutter speed. Would anybody KK> care to justify to me why they think the MZ-5n with the 28-80FA KK> is £150 better than the MZ-6 with the 28-90? KK> Many thanks in advance, KK> Kostas ===8<===========End of original message text===========
