Andre langevin wrote: Pentax KX--THE ultimate full-bodied mechanical SLR. As tough as fabled Nikon F... Silicon cell (the needle means precision to less than 1/3 of a stop if you want), mirror lock-up.
Andre, While I am very happy with my recently bought KX, anyone who wants a KX with the option of autoexposure (aperture priority) should consider the Ricoh XP-2s. Both use a match needle readout in autoexposure mode. both show you the aperture in a window. Both are metal. Both offer mirror lockup, but not in as elegant and fully implemented a way as the KX. On the Ricoh, you can get MLU only by using the timer. Like other Ricoh XR models, in autoexposure mode the XR-2s gives you a nice exposure-lock button that holds the exposure even when you let go. However, the XR-2 uses cadmium sulfide (CdS) metering. Mark Cassino, I believe, had nice things to say about the XR-2 a few years ago. An illustrated XR-2s manual can be found at http://www.butkus.org/chinon/xr-2s/xr-2s.htm [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
