dkw@homxa.UUCP (D.WOMBOUGH) (10/09/85)
I am planning on buying a 35mm SLR and am trying to decide on which camera to buy. I am looking at the Pentax K1000, but after doing a little reading I see that Programables such as the Program Plus and ME Super are not that much more expensive. I would like to know if it is worth having the programable goodies. I would like to hear from anybody about how they like any of the above cameras Thanks in advance Dennis Wombough
kemasa@sdcc13.UUCP (kemasa) (10/14/85)
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.
herbie@polaris.UUCP (Herb Chong) (10/18/85)
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... I'm still user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble.... New net address -- VNET,BITNET,NETNORTH,EARN: HERBIE AT YKTVMH UUCP: {allegra|cbosgd|cmcl2|decvax|ihnp4|seismo}!philabs!polaris!herbie CSNET: herbie.yktvmh@ibm-sj.csnet ARPA: herbie.yktvmh.ibm-sj.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa
johnw@astroatc.UUCP (10/23/85)
In article <332@sdcc13.UUCP> kemasa@sdcc13.UUCP (kemasa) writes: >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 Programable? Programable! Tell me more! All I've ever seen are ==== ==== factory pre-programmed cameras! Sorry, Maybe I'm too picky John W -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - {...siesmo,allegra,ihnp4...} !uwvax!astroatc!johnw To err is human, to really foul up world news requires the net!