Joshua wrote: The conversion from the LX to the MZS should be no problem as you demonstrate and testify. If you look at the two cameras they are laid out in the same fashion: shutter "wheel" in the same spot on both bodies; compensation dial in the same spot; aperture still controlled the same... Use it in manual focus and suddenly it becomes the NEW LX everyone has been crying for, but few realize it!
REPLY: This is a fact often overlooked when comparing specs. The MZ-S is designed around its interface. It is a two-handed camera providing the logical culmination of the interface started with the Asahi Pentax in 1959. The aperture is meant to be set from the body. It doesn't have two whels because this would have changed the interface and philosophy behind it. What it does is to integrate the old style interface with modern features without interfering with the basic interface. The integration between aperture priority auto and manual is particularly outstanding. It is no coincidence that these modes are what present on "classic" Pentaxes. I suspect, but could be wrong of course, that the MZ-S is the last "gift" to people using older K-mount gear in conjunction with newer AF gear. With the MZ-5/n/3 they gave us the cheap alternative. With the MZ-S they gaves us the well built expensive one. I suspect from now on Pentax may concentrate on more mainstream cameras; more like Canons. After all, they sell well. P�l
