----- Original Message ----- From: £ukasz Kacperczyk Subject: Super Program vibration
> How bad is the vibration caused by the mirror of that camera? I unexpectedly > got some extra money today that I'd like to use it to buy a second body > (I've got a MX now). Also, I'd like to know how significant the difference > between the viewfinders of these two cameras is (subjectively speaking - I > know Super Program is 0.88 or something, and MX is 0.95). > Any things I should pay special attention to when buying a Super Program? > Any suggestions of an alternative for that camera are also welcome (I'd go > for a ME Super, but I'd like to have TTL flash). > It shakes pretty good. With a 400mm lens, the vibration caused pictures in my tests to be unacceptably unsharp due to vibration at speeds of 1/30 to 1/8 second with Manfrotto 055 and 028 tripods. A Zone VI wood tripod tamed it though. The Super Progam has a nice viewfinder, though it is a bit dim. The MX has a very nice finder. The Super Program is a pretty tough little sucker. The frame counter is prone to flaking out, other than that, I don't know of any major issues. It has the same problems with cold weather that any lcd has, in that the response gets quite slow, and the film advance seems to stiffen up a lot in the cold. My idea of cold is below -30ºC. YMMV William Robb - 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 .
