Mark C wrote:
Well... "To hold its own" is an expression that implies demonstrating competence in a difficult situation including situations where the object of the expression is out-matched. It does not imply superiority or even equality but rather simply being competent and competitive. My specific use in the content of the the Pz-1p vis a vis the F5 is that while the Pz-1p is clearly not in the same league as the F5 it nonetheless possesses features that are competitive with it. In those days features such as mirror lock up, depth of field preview, and auto bracketing were reserved for higher end SLR's (even the F100 did not have MLU) and the Pz-1p had those and others. I understand your point that many of the differences between film bodies are de minimis and that the glass is more important - and I agree that the glass *is* most important - but the features of the bodies were relevant to the kind of film photography that I did back then. I would certainly never would say that my Pz-70 held its own against an F5. I should avoid using idiomatic expressions... all I was trying to say is that while the Pz-1p wasn't a patch on the F5 I never felt disadvantaged using it it except in situations where AF was crucial. Mark
I got my SRT-101 for my bar mitzvah and I shot Minolta for decades. After a burglary I realized that I could use the insurance money to replace minolta bodies with Nikon because I had always wanted, but had never been able to afford Nikon. I started shooting with Nikon, though not with good Nikkor glass, and quickly ran into a problem. Everything was backwards, from mounting lenses to changing the aperture. I could use Minolta gear without any conscious thought between my brain and my hands, but with Nikon I was constantly fumbling.
It's funny how much of it boils down to what something feels like in your hands.
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