Dear Artur,
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 10:28:35PM +0200, Artur Ledóchowski wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm in desperate need for buying a second body. I have to do it within next
> twoo weeks, after which I'm going out for my vacation to Slovakia. Since I
> want to buy the MZ-S in the near future and I have the MZ-7, I'm heading for
> an older, manual body. I selected two: Super A/Super Program, and ME Super.
> Last Sunday I went to an used equipment market and saw both the Super
> Program and the ME Super - and both were unfortunately in poor condition.
> but the same day I saw some Ricoh and Chinon cameras. I had no experience
> with any of them, so I have a question: are there any Ricoh or Chinon bodies
> of the class similar to the ME Super or Super Program? Any of them worth
> buying? I'd like to have max shutter speed about 1/2000 and max sync speed
> no less than 1/100. Also DOF preview, exposure compensation and exposure
> lock wouldn't hurt either... And if the slowest shutter was more than 10
> sec, this would be great... Can I put my money in Ricoh/Chinon body or
> should I definitely look for Pentax?
When I read the title, I assumed you wanted a MANUAL camera, but I
guess you already know that the MESuper and SuperA don't aren't such.
The MES is better in that respect because without batteries you still
get 125X, bulb and the "top" shutter speed (so I've been told.)
However, given your requirements for max shutter speed, I guess the LX
is the only Pentax with good manual capability (but it fails on the
X-sync requirement.) So it looks like you'd have to get a Nikon
FM2/3.
But if batteries aren't your concern, I can recommend the MESuper. I
use two (and an MX) and I often pick the MES over the MX. My only
gripe is that it's a tad fiddly to use in M when on a tripod. The
SuperA with the LCD on top maybe better in this respect, but I haven't
used one before. When using a tripod, my MX is preferred to an MES.
Another point in favour of the MES, is that I think it's underrated
(or perhaps the MX is overrated, nevermind the K1000.) Not that I
think the MX isn't a good camera, (respectively the K1000), I'm just
not sure if it's that much better, as to command the extra money over
an MES.
On the subject of underrated cameras, I've heard that the ME is one
such. I've yet to see one in the shops, and anyway, I'd have to ditch
one of my MESupers before I can justify it.
--
Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student.
LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK.
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