Sorry, PJ. I don't have a ZX-5n but I have an MX as well as the DS.
There is no way that the mirror or shutter in a 35mm film SLR will be
the same size as the mirror in a DSLR with a 16x24mm format.
Here's a picture:
http://homepage.mac.com/godders/MX-DS-mirror-comparison.jpg
The mirror box could not be the same size either, since the necessary
points of attachment for the mirror mechanism as well as clearance
for its would be necessarily different too.
Godfrey
On Sep 21, 2005, at 11:20 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Which means that the lever should just drop in. I hadn't though
about it before but even the mirror looks the same. Only things
that really look different are the size of the shutter, the
focusing screen and the lack of power zoom connections.
It may be the same part, just trimmed in the ZX-5n, but I'd
suspect the similarities simply come from the design side "take
this design, make it flush to the mount". No reason to waste
cycles redesigning the part which doesn't need it.
The mirror box is molded plastic. Compare it to the mirror box
in a the zx5n it even has the same channels.
