----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Maas" Subject: Re: Should I care about film?
> > The standard F3 finder is IMHO far better than the HP finder and also > better than the LX finder. The real weakness is the F3's meter > readout, which is awful, especially in comparison to the LX's > excellent one (Since you can run an F3 off AA's if you have a MD-4 > handy, so batteries aren't a real issue). I generally found the left > half of the LX (ISO and exposure comp controls) better than the F3 and > the right half of the F3 better than the LX (MLU, shutter release, > shutter dial). The LX also was a bit small, especially with out the > grip (which I never owned) and had that awful 'Magic Needle' takeup > spool. I'd love a MF camera that combined the best of those two > cameras. The meter readout was what I really disliked about the F3 finder. I could never see the entire screen anyway, so the HP thing was pretty much lost on me, it just made the screen a bit smaller. For what I was shooting, a motor drive would have been just about the worst thing possible to have on the camera, so I had to worry about batteries (no big deal, though the F3 was the first camera I owned that was battery dependant, and I got stuck a couple of times until I learned). I liked the ergonomics of the LX better than the F3, and I am probably the only person on the planet that likes the magic noodles. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
