Custom modified Pentax MZ-3 by Photorio member Vandergus. Camera was modified to half-frame, the viewfinder is blocked out to half-frame and a split screen was installed. The weak gears were also replaced. It's got the tiny 40mm pancake on it. I carried this camera around all summer and just now am I scanning all the photos. Color is great, focus can be hit or miss, more miss than hit when using manual focus lenses. I found the lens doesn't much like closeups in autofocus. It just focuses on whatever it thinks is cool today. But when getting 90+ shots on a stuffed roll that's ok.
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Custom modified Pentax MZ-3 by Photorio member Vandergus. Camera was modified to half-frame, the viewfinder is blocked out to half-frame and a split screen was installed. The weak gears were also replaced. It's got the tiny 40mm pancake on it. I carried this camera around all summer and just now am I scanning all the photos. Color is great, focus can be hit or miss, more miss than hit when using manual focus lenses. I found the lens doesn't much like closeups in autofocus. It just focuses on whatever it thinks is cool today. But when getting 90+ shots on a stuffed roll that's ok.
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