Is it me, or is the Ricoh XR-M a copy of the SF1n? Is there not an older, manual focus Pentax body with spot metering? I guess I would like to stay with the "feel" of the metal bodies made by Pentax. What about the Spotmatic bodies?
Again, thanks for all your help. I'm still undecided... --- Nitin Garg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My ricoh xr-m has it (called xr-x in europe). > xr-x3pf has already been > mentioned. These 2 might be the only one IIRR. You > can check up ricoh > manuals online at > http://www.butkus.org/chinon/index.html -- great > site > to read up on these k-mount underdogs. You do lose > the A-setting. I am > not sure but you could check it the chinon model > that provides program > on *any* k-mount lens might have a spot-meter. > > > cheers, > nitin > > On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 05:03:05PM -0800, Steve > Pearson wrote: > > Do you have any specific Ricoh model numbers that > you > > can reference? Are you sure that they will all > accept > > my Pentax lenses? Wouldn't I lose some of the > > metering (i.e. "A" settings) of my SMC-A lenses? > > > > Thanks for the help... > > > > > > --- Nitin Garg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Some Ricoh manual focus bodies have spot > metering. > > > And they are cheaper > > > than pentax bodies too. > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 04:18:53PM -0800, Steve > > > Pearson wrote: > > > > Hi all: > > > > > > > > I'm looking for some reference help. I > currently > > > own > > > > a Super Program & various lenses. I would > like to > > > add > > > > a Pentax body that has spot metering. Any > > > suggestions > > > > out there? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for any info.! > > > > Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for > > > Easter, Passover > > > > http://greetings.yahoo.com/ > > > > - > > > > 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 . > > > - > > > 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 . > > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > > http://http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > - > > 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 . > - > 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 . Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://http://taxes.yahoo.com/ - 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 .