No, the film *ist is not the camera you are looking for. Most likely, it is the PZ-1p. It has the hyper modes, two dials and functions in quite a similar manner.
-- Best regards, Bruce Monday, March 28, 2005, 5:36:46 PM, you wrote: QM> As someone who went straight from the MZ-60 to D, and am now going QM> back the other way looking for a capable film backup body, what film QM> camera has roughly the same feature-set as the D, especially insofar QM> as hyper-modes, auto-focus, and information in the viewfinder...? I QM> take it the *ist is not the best option? QM> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:58:06 -0800 (PST), Gianfranco Irlanda QM> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3234402 >> > > >> > > The F2 and the MX mount both a 50/1.4 lens. >> > >> > BRAVO!!!. You have the hot shoe. >> > I never missed not having a way to mount a flash on my F2s. Do >> you use >> > yours? >> >> I did, although not a lot. I used the Nikons for weddings every >> now and then and, although the F2 was usually loaded with B&W, >> the possibility to mount the flash was a great thing. >> Think that a week before I bought that one, in another shop I >> saw a *brand new* (I'm talking about 1998) F2 AS, a remnant they >> discovered that day... They asked me for body only and without >> flash adapter the same amount I was going to pay for mine >> (complete outfit *with* original ER case!) few days later. I've >> never regretted I skipped that collector body... >> >> > I did use an SB-15 on my F3. It was cool, it flipped 180�, one >> way it was >> > right over the lens, the other it was as far above (though >> slightly off >> > centre) the lens as possible. >> > It was really well thought out. >> > Prism mounted flash just doesn't work as well, it seems. I >> noticed that poor >> > little Pentax that Don showed us has an offset hotshoe. Did >> Pentax make a >> > flash to take advantage of the offset? >> >> All the Z/PZ series cameras had that feature, it was one of the >> things I really liked about them (along with the Hyper modes). >> The flashes didn't have the possibility to be centered over the >> lens, but you always had the weight in the right place (right >> hand). I do prefer to shoot verticals with my right hand up, so >> the combo made perfect sense to me. >> >> Gianco >> >> _ >> >> >> >> __________________________________ >> Do you Yahoo!? >> Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! >> http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ >> >>
