A praise for the MX

edumad · 2009-02-11T09:02:36+0000

I've been entertaining the idea of getting a fully mechanical SLR for some time. A bit of research and the MX was quickly the solution for me: small but sturdy, has specs but is fully mechanical, lots of praise for it. Yesterday I had the chance to have one in my hands. Its from a colleague at the Photography society from the Uni. Edinburgh. I loved it, the camera was a like tatty unfortunately, so I dont know if I'll buy it (he has another one and an LX :&). The camera really is smaller, the viewfinder is like nothing I've ever seen, and I found this lovely detail I didn't hear about: you can see the aperture ring from the viewfinder. So you can change setting without taking your eye off it (do it more easily I mean). I dont knwo why but I tought: 'that's Pentax for you', it really seemed like a thing Pentax would do... Am I becoming fanboy or do you agree? ...in which case we might all be fanboys. I must say, with cameras like my K10D and the MX its hard not to be... I've completely dismissed the idea of getting the ME because its cheaper (just for me... the ME is nice as well!).

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edumad edumad

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Posted 27/03/2009 - 23:01 Link

The problem is assembling it. I'm not confident in opening up the camera...
And I wont pay for a professional repair, its not worth it.

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hefty1 hefty1

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Posted 28/03/2009 - 00:59 Link

Fair enough - if you change your mind I've got three spares and as far as I can tell (I looked earlier) none of them have any blemishes - sod's law huh?

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