Re: Little write-up on Pentax stuff
On Oct 18, 2009, at 4:20 AM, Adam Maas wrote: Interestingly, one of the main reasons I prefer the LX to the K2 is the meter readout. The analog needle is just too hard to see in poor light. Oh yes I did forget about the inability to see the K2's needle in low light. My beef with the LX meter is that it only reads in full-stop increments. So I like the continuous nature of the K2 needle. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Little write-up on Pentax stuff
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 06:48:08PM +1300, David Mann wrote: On Oct 17, 2009, at 3:27 PM, Adam Maas wrote: I suspect some might disagree with me, especially on my opinion of the MX and MZ-5n (neither of which I was terribly impressed by), on the flip isde, I really do like my K2. The K2 is my favourite Pentax body. The LX is second because I don't like the light meter readout. I like the MX enough that I bought a second one just to have a spare. I never had any problems with the magic needles, and with a motor drive the MX is a really responsive camera, ready to shoot the next frame as fast as anything except far more expensive cameras. Perhaps that's one reason why the PZ-1p is my favourite AF body; that, and the two-wheel interface - I never really liked MZ bodies, even though I have an MZ-S (although I must admit the AF on the MZ-S is much better than the PZ-1p). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Little write-up on Pentax stuff
Never held or owned the MX but i did try the 5n. I did not care for it at all. I bought a used PZ-1 instead. It fit my hand a lot better than the 5n and the finder was better AFAIC Dave On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: Just posted a writeup o my opinions on various Pentax SLR's I've owned over the last few years on my blog over at www.mawz.ca. I suspect some might disagree with me, especially on my opinion of the MX and MZ-5n (neither of which I was terribly impressed by), on the flip isde, I really do like my K2. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Little write-up on Pentax stuff
From: Miserere 2009/10/16 Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca: Just posted a writeup o my opinions on various Pentax SLR's I've owned over the last few years on my blog over at www.mawz.ca. I suspect some might disagree with me, especially on my opinion of the MX and MZ-5n (neither of which I was terribly impressed by), on the flip isde, I really do like my K2. Thanks for the read, Adam. It's fine if people disagree; we all have different needs and likes. Personally, I quite liked the MX (I prefer smaller bodies) but I find it difficult to live without Av. The one MX I've owned had the smoothest, silkiest film advance lever I have *ever* used. I should've kept it just so I could play with that lever while watching TV :-) I do agree on the LX. I wish they'd make a digital version. I'd be happy with APS-C and manual focus, even with mechanical shutter cocking like the Epson R-D1. I'd like to see them bring back the interchangeable viewfinders. It was (and still is) a lot easier to see using the sports finder. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Little write-up on Pentax stuff
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/10/16 Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca: Just posted a writeup o my opinions on various Pentax SLR's I've owned over the last few years on my blog over at www.mawz.ca. I suspect some might disagree with me, especially on my opinion of the MX and MZ-5n (neither of which I was terribly impressed by), on the flip isde, I really do like my K2. Thanks for the read, Adam. It's fine if people disagree; we all have different needs and likes. Personally, I quite liked the MX (I prefer smaller bodies) but I find it difficult to live without Av. The one MX I've owned had the smoothest, silkiest film advance lever I have *ever* used. I should've kept it just so I could play with that lever while watching TV :-) I do agree on the LX. I wish they'd make a digital version. I'd be happy with APS-C and manual focus, even with mechanical shutter cocking like the Epson R-D1. I've never used any Nikon film cameras so I'll be interested in reading what you have to say about them. Cheers, --M. The MX's wind lever is pretty nice as Pentax's go. But you haven't seen smooth until you've tried an F3 or EM (the later is a cheap, plastic MV/MG equivalent, but has a wonderfully smooth wind-on). The Leica M3 is also uber-smooth. As to the Nikon's, I like them for their build, the superb viewfinders and the combination of a reasonably small body and superb shutter that is the FM/FE/FA series. I really wish that Pentax had made an equivalent to the FM2n (Manual, mechanical, 1/4000 shutter, 1/250 sync, viewfinder just slightly smaller than the LX, available 3.5fps winder) -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Little write-up on Pentax stuff
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 1:40 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I learned to like the MX more than ever having loved it, I still have two of them, after all by the time I went digital the peak of the analog film camera market was well past. One has a roll of film in it I'll have to finish real soon now. It was a huge step up in capability and viewfinder from the Spotmatic I had before it., though the Spotty was a better fit for my hands TO the other hand it was as if the LX was made to my exact specification, I still have a pair of them too. Yes, the ZX/MZ-3/5n bodies were a bit flimsy, but their ergonomics were very good, (and I traided a ZX-m for a ZX-5n in a three way swap). I thought the 5n Viewfinder was much superior to the ZX--m though I have to agree the focusing screen would have been better if it were split image. I almost never really used the 5n autofocus, most of my best glass was and still is M and K. I really don't need all those lenses a lot of them never get used on digital. I suspect I would have liked the MX more if I hadn't had continuous electrical problems with it (the on/off switch on the shutter lock is a known weak point of the design and my copy ended up being replaced over it). If you liked the Spotty better, you'd probably love a KX or K2, they're a Spotmatic-sized body in K mount, the KX is really just a bigger MX with a smaller viewfinder. I do love the LX. It's still my favourite of all the Pentax bodies. As to the MZ-5n and MZ-M, I do like the ergonomics, but they're quite flimsy compared to similar bodies. And the 5n's finder is just not good enough to overcome the advantage of a split screen even with it being bigger and brighter than the MZ-M. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Little write-up on Pentax stuff
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 1:48 AM, David Mann dm...@bluemoon.net.nz wrote: On Oct 17, 2009, at 3:27 PM, Adam Maas wrote: I suspect some might disagree with me, especially on my opinion of the MX and MZ-5n (neither of which I was terribly impressed by), on the flip isde, I really do like my K2. The K2 is my favourite Pentax body. The LX is second because I don't like the light meter readout. I really should spend some money and run some film through... it's been so long :( Cheers, Dave Interestingly, one of the main reasons I prefer the LX to the K2 is the meter readout. The analog needle is just too hard to see in poor light. I've got my K2 with some Ektar with me today btw. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Little write-up on Pentax stuff
2009/10/16 Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca: Just posted a writeup o my opinions on various Pentax SLR's I've owned over the last few years on my blog over at www.mawz.ca. I suspect some might disagree with me, especially on my opinion of the MX and MZ-5n (neither of which I was terribly impressed by), on the flip isde, I really do like my K2. Thanks for the read, Adam. It's fine if people disagree; we all have different needs and likes. Personally, I quite liked the MX (I prefer smaller bodies) but I find it difficult to live without Av. The one MX I've owned had the smoothest, silkiest film advance lever I have *ever* used. I should've kept it just so I could play with that lever while watching TV :-) I do agree on the LX. I wish they'd make a digital version. I'd be happy with APS-C and manual focus, even with mechanical shutter cocking like the Epson R-D1. I've never used any Nikon film cameras so I'll be interested in reading what you have to say about them. Cheers, --M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.EnticingTheLight.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Little write-up on Pentax stuff
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: Just posted a writeup o my opinions on various Pentax SLR's I've owned over the last few years on my blog over at www.mawz.ca. I suspect some might disagree with me, especially on my opinion of the MX and MZ-5n (neither of which I was terribly impressed by), on the flip isde, I really do like my K2. I loved my MX. Probably my favourite Pentax film body. Sadly the meter's dead on mine (or does it just need a new battery?); no matter, the only film body I ever use these days is my Leica. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Little write-up on Pentax stuff
I learned to like the MX more than ever having loved it, I still have two of them, after all by the time I went digital the peak of the analog film camera market was well past. One has a roll of film in it I'll have to finish real soon now. It was a huge step up in capability and viewfinder from the Spotmatic I had before it., though the Spotty was a better fit for my hands TO the other hand it was as if the LX was made to my exact specification, I still have a pair of them too. Yes, the ZX/MZ-3/5n bodies were a bit flimsy, but their ergonomics were very good, (and I traided a ZX-m for a ZX-5n in a three way swap). I thought the 5n Viewfinder was much superior to the ZX--m though I have to agree the focusing screen would have been better if it were split image. I almost never really used the 5n autofocus, most of my best glass was and still is M and K. I really don't need all those lenses a lot of them never get used on digital. frank theriault wrote: On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: Just posted a writeup o my opinions on various Pentax SLR's I've owned over the last few years on my blog over at www.mawz.ca. I suspect some might disagree with me, especially on my opinion of the MX and MZ-5n (neither of which I was terribly impressed by), on the flip isde, I really do like my K2. I loved my MX. Probably my favourite Pentax film body. Sadly the meter's dead on mine (or does it just need a new battery?); no matter, the only film body I ever use these days is my Leica. cheers, frank -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Little write-up on Pentax stuff
On Oct 17, 2009, at 3:27 PM, Adam Maas wrote: I suspect some might disagree with me, especially on my opinion of the MX and MZ-5n (neither of which I was terribly impressed by), on the flip isde, I really do like my K2. The K2 is my favourite Pentax body. The LX is second because I don't like the light meter readout. I really should spend some money and run some film through... it's been so long :( Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
