MZ series have much worse viewfinders than your old bodies. The only thing that changed for better over the years is focusing screen brightness. Otherwise, the magnification is much lower, making manual focus a pain compared to good old mf body. I think it's quite good to install a newer focusing screen in older body, but I wouldn't change to MZ series (except maybe MZ-S <g>). Of course, if you need in-camera spotmeter plus digital TTL flash, it's the only way. Still, I would get one of the older AF bodies like PZ1p (true spot area compared to MZ5n/MZ3 quite bigger "spot" area, IIRC), or something like SFXn/SF1n if your finances are low (no spotmeter, otherwise good incl. very good finder for an AF camera).
My 2 Halire :) Frantisek - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
