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From: kemasa@sdcc13.UUCP (kemasa)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Pentax Help
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Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 13:57:15 EDT
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I have not looked at the new Pentax cameras, so I don't know what features
they now have, but the last time I looked it appeared to be going toward
being just like a box camera.

I have a Pentax KX, and I like the fact that I decide what to set the camera
exposure to, not the camera itself.  It doesn't take that long to set the
exposure and at that time you can decide if you need a high shutter speed or
depth of field.  I would not get the K1000 just because it doesn't have a
few of the nicer features.  The Pentax MX is a new version of the KX and
you might want to take a look at it if it is still made.  My brother has
two KXs and one MX because he decided that he wanted a motor drive and
he couldn't put it one the KX.  We both feel that the KX & MX fits most needs
except if you just want to point and shoot, which I don't (I have an old
Kodak box camera for that).  In case you might be interested my brother is
selling (or at least the last time I talked to him about it) his second
KX body for somewhere around $100, send mail back to me in case you are.

One point about the M series cameras is that the lens are small and harder
to work than the K series lens, so I would tend toward the larger, and yes
heavier lens, which are quicker to adjust both the f-stop and the focus.

If you get a programable camera, I would make sure you can select either the
f-stop or the shutter speed.  The programables don't like heavy backlighting
and so you have to adjust them for that, except that you get used to using
them somewhat like a simple box camera by just focusing and letting it do
the rest, so you might forget and lose a few pictures.

					Ken S.