To be fair, have not seen the threads above addressing this. I played with the MZ-M, just don't like it. The MZ-5n is a very nice camera, you should email Michael St. Jean off-list, I think I saw he had one for sale w/ acc. To wait 6-10 months you may not be able to buy the ZX/MZ-5n new....
Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 1:37 PM Subject: Pentax Upgrade > I have a Pentax K-1000 (taking first photography class). While I think the camera takes pretty good pictures, the manual film load is killing me. > > I am wondering about upgrading to a ZX-M fairly immediately. Or I could save my money for 6-10 months and get a ZX-5N. Or I could get the ZX-M now and get the 5N later. I could pick up the M fairly cheaply now. > > Should I wait? Or would I find the ZX-M satisfactory enough for about a year? Is it really similar to the K-1000? Except for the shutter/aperture priority and auto film load, and film advance? > > Probably no easy answer to this, but would appreciate any input. I keep losing picures (even one whole roll) because I find manually feeding film into the take up spool too hard. > > Doe aka Marnie Parker >
