I'm beginning to see the Z1p as a valuable replacement for the LX when stage photographing although I'm not sure how much more it will give me compared to the SF-1n (I have not yet tried for such purpose). I don't need 1/8000 but 4 i/s is interesting as is 1/250 sync. Noise is a major factor, size not at all.
I think the problem is that there are other Pentax cameras with less vibration which might be important when you need that extra stability.
Is the focus aid for manual lenses working fine in low light on a PZ1p?
Depends on your lens I guess. But you can always use the MZ/ZX-M split screen with +1/3EV compensation (no spot meter however).
Can it use the IR beam of the inner flash (or an external dedicated flash) as a focus aid even if I don't intent to use the flash?
You must use AF500FTZ then, the built-in flash won't do that. Don't know about AF360FGZ.
Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
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