Finally made it back home. Almost made it all the way home with the
top down. Finally had to put it up with 50 miles to go :-( At least I
drove around Miami yesterday with it down ;-)
Finally have my MX in hand and can address this issue.
I have a chrome model, bought used, with a 9282797 serial number.
The prism has the AOCo logo and Asahi and Pentax on it. It has Asahi Opt.
Co. on the back of the top plate below the film advance lever. The holder
on the back is not quite square, but seems like it is compared to the
rectangular one on the LX. The holder is metal with no markings. The
chrome tongue inside is 49mm tall.
The on/off switch still has the plastic insert. I was not aware
that these tend to come up missing. The film counter numbers do appear
slightly engraved and matte. The battery cover is engraved with black
letters BATTERY <- OPEN.
César Matamoros II
finally back in Panama City, Florida
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shel Belinkoff [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 5:57 AM
> To: Pentax List
> Subject: MX Variations
>
> Yesterday I received my "new" MX, a lovely looking black beauty. After
> bad mouthing these cameras a while back, I had a chance to play around a
> little with Juan Buhler's MX, which felt a lot better than mine, so I
> decided to give the MX another try.
>
> While examining the two bodies side-by-side, I noticed that the chrome
> model has a square holder on the back for the film identification tag,
> while the black one has a rectangular holder, like the one on my ME
> Super, which says Asahi Opt. Co. on the frame. The chrome model has a
> blank frame. However, the chrome model has Asahi Opt. Co. Japan stamped
> into the rear of the top plate, below the film advance lever. The black
> one doesn't.
>
> The serial numbers on the bottom plates are separated by more than
> 500,000, which seems like a lot of MXs. The SN of the black camera is
> 429**** and the SN of the chrome model is 943****
>
> So, I was wondering how many variations there may be of the MX, and if
> there's a record somewhere of the number produced. Were they all
> produced in Japan, or were some produced in other countries?
>
> I've not run any film through the "new" MX, so I've no comments yet on
> its feel and how solid it may be. Visually, it's a dream.
> --
> Shel Belinkoff
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow/enter.html
> http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/cameras/pentax_repair_shops.html
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