The MX has 5 led's in it's exposure meter, giving dead on, +/- 1/2 stop and +/- 1 stop. As they get older they are harder to read in bright light. Sure you can get an OM1 but then you'd be needing Zukio glass.
Nick Wright wrote: > I should've specified that these will be going on film bodies with > absolutely no thought whatsoever to using them on a digital. > > I need to ask about bodies sometime soon too. I'd really like to get > an MX, but I don't know if I can live with only having the three LEDs > for an exposure meter. Is there something the size of an MX (that is > fully mechanical) that has a needle in the viewfinder meter? > > On 3/20/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> My answers (others may vary) >> >> 1.) The m28 f2.0 doesn't have a sterling reputation, in fact most of the >> older Pentax 28mm lenses don't have such good reps, except for the [K] >> 28mm f3.5. (I wouldn't know at that focal length I can put up with >> f2.8, and besides I have the "rare" [K] 30mm. Yea, yea, yea, too much >> information). >> >> 2.) For over all quality the A 85mm f1.4 is supposed to be the best. (I >> couldn't justify the price myself). The M 85mm f2.0 is small, about the >> same size as a 50mm normal, relatively fast, and moderately sharp, (very >> sharp after f5.6), and not nearly as expensive used as any other Pentax >> 85). It gives a nice ~135mm AOV, (well 127mm actually), on an APS >> digital and makes pleasing portraits on 35mm film. >> >> 3.) The 85 f1.4 became available often enough, every few weeks on e-bay, >> when I was paying attention. Just be prepared to trade your first born >> for one. >> >> You don't mention which body, or if it's film or digital you'll be >> using, just remember that the M lenses don't communicate with the body >> and you'll need to use stop down metering on any Pentax digital, and it >> won't work at all on a *ist Film camera, (I assume that with these >> lenses in mind you're not going to be using one of the real bottom >> feeding cameras). >> >> Nick Wright wrote: >> >>> So I'm starting to think a little more seriously about putting >>> together the Pentax kit. I'm all about the available light so I'm >>> looking at large aperture primes and would like to ask y'all's >>> opinions about them. >>> >>> Specifically I'm looking at the M28mm f/2, M50mm f/1.4, and either the >>> A85mm f/1.4 or the 85mm f/2. Pros, cons? >>> >>> And in regards to the 85/1.4, how often do those come available for sale? >>> >>> Thanks in advance! >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf >> thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
