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From: herbie@polaris.UUCP (Herb Chong)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Pentax Help
Message-ID: <205@polaris.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 17-Oct-85 21:13:04 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 17 21:13:04 1985
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In article <332@sdcc13.UUCP> kemasa@sdcc13.UUCP (kemasa) writes:
>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 an old one, an MX which is no longer made, and a Super Program which
is one of the newest.  if you are learning photgraphy and you think
you might be serious, then a less automated camera is the way to go.
you learn exposure and compensation and things like tradeoffs between
depth of field and action stopping ability.  you learn when to trust the
meters and when to override.  a fully automatic everything camera is fine
for a snapshooter who is interested in the pictures and not how they're
taken.  if you are serious but would like to be able to use programmed
modes when you want, then a camera with a fully manual as well as
program and everything in between may be better since you don't have
to buy another camera later.

>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.

almost all of current pentax lenses fall into the M category.  only exotic
lenses like the 85-f1.4 and other special purpose lenses for the professionals
are as large and bulky as camera lenses used to be.  you will not find a
new pentax lens these days with an M designation.

Herb Chong...

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