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The Pentax LX is what you want.

Well, we do agree! I use those cameras for snapshots and casual pictures and street photography. For professional work one would be using medium format anyways...

Dear GT, Keep in mind that the Pentax-M and Pentax-A 50/1.4 lenses do, very frequently, suffer from haze at the last cemented group. I own two of such (hazy) samples, and have seen many more, either here or on eBay. This, as you know, will negatively affect performance. It will give lower...

Which problem did you have with the 50/1.4? I have the Pentax-A 50/1.4 and it's one of the best 50mm's i've ever owned -- and this means a very long list of fast 50 lenses from many manufacturers -- including Nikkor-S 50/1.4, SC 50/1.4, FD 50/1.4, FDn 50/1.4, FDn 50/1.2, FD 55/1.2, FL 55/1.2...

This is not correct. The K2 is an entirely diferent body. It does not have interchangeable parts with the other machines. It uses a vertical shutter, not a horizontal shutter, for example.

I'm very active in forums regarding the Bronica ETR system and this is the first time I read about this. The multiple exposure lever isn't easy to activate. In fact, when you fit the "speed grip" the lever becomes almost impossible to acitvate, which I consider a design flaw, so go figure...

@lxdude post scriptum The 28/3.5 Super-Multi-Coated Takumar and the 35/3.5 Super-Multi-Coated Takumar are superb lenses. They were so good that Pentax used the same optical design, scaled-up, for their 55/3.5 and 75/4.5 lenses on the Pentax 6x7 system. Thiis is somewhat comical, because both...

I'll add an interesting story... Once i went to my local photo lab to pick my negatives. Some rolls were shot with a Nikon F2, others with a Canon F-1, other with a Canon New F-1, and lastly one with a Spotmatic F. The Nikon and Canon images were made using good Nikon and Canon lenses...

In mamiya's defense, it has a second shutter button to help with portrait orientation. In your defence, when I tried my friend's M645, i found my Bronica much much more comfortable and sophisticated.

I have the 200 Q-C, almost identical. I find it very balanced when used with a F2 or F. And it has a deilcious bokeh! I had the AI 200/4 Nikkor too, but I feel the pre-AI version has nicer rendering. Oh oh...

Of course, and it's way longer. I'll stick to SLR cameras only to keep the list short. Cameras marked * are the ones that I currently own. Nikon: F, F2, FE*, EL, EL2, FT2, FT3 Canon: F-1*, New F-1*, A-1, AE-1P, T70*, EOS 5 Pentax: SP, SPF, ESII*, KX, MX, KM, LX*, ME, ME-Super*, 6x7*, 67*...

This, but unironically. Reminder that during the financially-troubled years of Zeiss at the start of the 1970s, they had a business alliance with Pentax. Part of the collaboration was the K mount (designed by Zeiss), and the K-mount 28/2.0 ("Hollywood") and 15/3.5 lenses, designed by Zeiss...

Well, the FTn(and related models) have most things one needs in an SLR camera. And they're quality made. I did not like the shutter dial placement, and I didn't like the slow-acting meter, however two or three of my most favorite pictures were taken with a black FT2... So I remember the...

I received a fixed-lens Fuji 6x9, a GSW690 if i recall correctly, for some maintenance work. I had the option to buy it, since the owner wanted to sell it after service. I did not like the internals, i expected better quality from something that says "Professional" on the outside. The...

Maybe you did an incorrect search. Try: https://www.photrio.com/forum/search/2978258/?q=F3&c[users]=flavio81&o=date Some examples (author=flavio81) Most of the meat is here: https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/nikon-f3-vs-f2-my-thoughts-so-far.193229/

I agree, this is what I don't like from the FE. When you fit a motor drive, then you don't need to do that anymore, which is a blessing. This is what annoys me from the FE, otherwise it's a great machine.

The Spotmatic has a self-timer and depth of field preview lever, which the K1000 lacks. The Spomatic can be turned off at will, something that is not possible on the K1000 unless one puts the whole camera in a bag or somewhere dark. The Spotmatic is a better built camera.

Because the KM and KX and MX exist and can be had for the same price, or less.

I applaud your courage, because you're saying an inconvenient truth.

You have quite a collection. If I could steal from your collection i'd take the 2.8 Rolleiflex, the Canon New F-1, and the Contax IIIa. In that order.

I had KX, KM, MX, ME, ME-Super... I got a LX now and i prefer it. But all those machines are great. Perhaps ME/ME super my 2nd favorite.

Olympus OM-1: Shutter speed control in the wrong place, flimsy film advance mechanics, gimmicky screen that is too big to be useful. And the worst part is the owners -- they're part of a horrible Koolaid-drinking club that thinks this is the ultimate camera system. Olympus Pen F (pictured): A...

What a conversation, guys... I wonder if the OP is still around. It's obvious that a Hasselblad 500C is a lighter camera, and if lightness and nimbleness is the most important factor, it's the best option. (Cue @Sirius Glass singing "Amen!" in four different font sizes) If you are going to...

It depends on the brand of the cell. Some of them have enough long life ("enough" for me is 1 to 3 months, sometimes even more.) They are really cheap (here, cheaper than silver cells), easy to find, and come in packages of 6, 8, 12 cells. Thus, for me they're a great solution.

This arrangement is temperature sensitive and load sensitive(*). Thus, i prefer using a zinc-air cell, which is really stable. (*) This was already researched exemplarily on a PDF that is around the 'net.

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I disagree. Pentax has an excellent exposure compensation dial. MUCH better than the one in the Nikons (FE2, FE, F3) and the Canons (A-1, F-1N) in the sense that it can be turned by hand and set by "feel" without removing your eye from the finder. It is really easy to apply +1, +2 (or -1, -2)...

I would suggest you to stay with the ME. The ME is better built than the ME super; it has an actual metal top plate (plastic on the ME super) and overall it feels nicer finished. It also has a more beautiful, clean top plate. The 1/2000 speed... you don't really need it. And even then, the ME...

There was Ricoh/Pentax collaboration in the early 80s, or maybe even before. Some Ricoh (Rikenon) lenses were manufactured by Pentax, for example.

You asked for 1.35v "silver oxide" or "lithium" batteries. They can't be done because it would be going against chemistry... The voltage of the cells is a consequence of the kind of cell itself, that is, the substance used for electrolyte, and electrodes. See: "Cell potential" Silver cell...