Dear Paul,
I have a ZX-L, the US version of the MZ-6, and I really like it. As to my
opinion, some caveats: this is my first AF camera, and I would rate myself
as maybe "advanced beginner" :-). My first 35mm SLR was a P30t.
I purchased mine for $379 US from JandR.com camera (they did price
matching to get that price for me) for the 28-80 f/3.5-5.6 kit plus a
4-year warranty.
I like the autofocus - it is fast, but it could be faster. The AF noise is
not significant to me, but trying out my fiancee's uncle's camera (EOS
Rebel 2000), it is a lot noisier. (There was some buzz about Pentax coming
out with a USM-like system for their lenses, but I didn't really catch
that thread here.)
I generally find metering to be very good. Even in hard-to-meter
situations. I find the AF to generally be very good. Occasionally, the AF
has trouble finding lines to focus on. Generally, I can choose a nearby
spot for focus and use that (press the shutter half-way to focus,
recompose, and shoot)
On camera flash is generally OK, just bear in mind you will want a larger
flash to go with the camera. I currently use a Sunpak Auto144PC (GN66 @
ISO100), which is really a little weak to shoot with the 3.5-5.6 lens,
IMO. I'd sure like to get the AF-360FGZ and try out the advanced flash
system Pentax has put on the camera. It supports wireless TTL flash.
The camera has several "modes" for choosing time/aperture values. These
generally work ok. If I go with some program, I generally choose "auto" or
"action". Auto turns the camera into a glorified P&S, but seems to choose
appropriately more than 90% of the time.
I have also tried out my 50mm f/2 SMC-A lens, and it work just fine. The
ZX-L has focus assist, which helps my eyes (they ain't the greatest, but
they get the job done).
Comparing to the P30t, I like almost everything better, just miss the
split-image focusing area (which is really nice for manual focus). OTOH, I
find the viewfinder image of the ZX-L to be brighter than the P30t.
I have some photos online, if you would like to look, from my fiancee's
brother's wedding. Photos not attributed to Doris or Shirley were taken by
me. July 5-6 I shot Fuji 400 and Fuji 200 film and used the auto mode and
on camera flash. July 27 I shot Fuji NPS (first roll) and Fuji NPH (second
roll) with the Sunpak flash and metered manual mode. All pics with the
28-80 lens: http://golux.resnet.gatech.edu/~Henry_and_Katie/
(For those interested, Shirley's pics are from a Canon Powershot G2,
Doris's from a Canon(?) P&S and from a Kodak digital camera). I shot some
slides. The best of those are here:
http://golux.resnet.gatech.edu/~zorn/photog/amicalolaFalls/thumbdex.html
http://golux.resnet.gatech.edu/~zorn/photog/gatechNight/thumbdex.html
Those were generally shot shutter-priority and I used on camera metering
also. The slides look MUCH better than these scans (I haven't had time to
go re-balance them all color-wise). Those are all on Kodak Elite Chrome
100. (You can see the rest of that roll from
http://golux.resnet.gatech.edu/~zorn/photog)
Would I recommend you buy this camera? Yes.
Would I recommed the kit? Maybe - look into a ZX-L body plus the 28-105
lens about which I have been reading good things on this list recently.
Hope this is useful to all!
Galen
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Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 08:50:49 +0800
From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mz6
Any comments on the mz-6
I cnt find much on the net
I am looking for an a AF with dofp and decent
metering
This has these but I would like to hear some non
salesman comment before I get the credit card out
regards
Paul
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