On Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at 09:42 PM, Mike Ignatiev wrote: > > Just got the 6x7 MLU camera which I bought on ebay a couple of weeks > ago. To > say the least, I am impressed. It feels so right, despite the size and > weight! The ergonomics is wonderful. The weight is quite manageable and > it > is very comfortable to handhold.
Congrats! Welcome to the fold. And yeah, doesn't it feel great in your hands? It just cries out to you, "Take pictures with me!" > I am a bit disappointed with the lens > (105mm f/2.4, new style) built, feels like SMC-A lenses, a bit too > plasticky > for my taste, but still OK. I've read this from a few members, and I must say, I'm a bit boggled by it. Are you referring to the rubber focusing grip? I bought my 105mm new in 1998, and I find it to be much more nicely built than my A* 200mm f2.8 (which I don't have any complaints about), and about on par with the M-series 35mm lenses I've had and seen. The only difference in build I could detect with an older 105mm was the absence of the rubber grip. > A bigger disappointment is the focusing screen > brightness -- I guess I got spoiled by LX and ME-S (those look like p/s > cameras put by its side). What you'll find is that while the screen looks like it lacks contrast, it is astonishingly easy to focus with. Things just 'pop' when they're in focus. > Are > there good replacement for the standard screen? Are they expensive? > Difficult to change (the manual says "by authorized personel")? I saw a 6x7 with the Beattie Intenscreen or whatever it's called, and while it was brighter, I didn't find it any easier to focus with. Pentax Canada's catalog used to list the price of the grid screen and the others as 'installed'. I don't know if I'd want to do it myself. The other Brothers have answered the rest of your questions better than I could, so I'll leave it at that. I do have a shutter cocking key, and I think I've used it three times -- twice on the day I got the camera, and once to show someone else. More often I use the 'spin the dial' technique for dry firing -- almost always for showing someone else the camera. :) -Brother Aaron - 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 .
