What's the difference between the MZ5 and MZ5N?

I'm looking at doubling my collection of 5's (from one to two) but can't find a simple answer on the differences between the MZ5 (which I don't have) and the MZ5N (which I have)

Anyone know?
Thanks!

ps - I looked at Boz's page, and the only difference I could see was 10 grams in weight

oops

Depth of field preview
+ AE lock
+ Panorama format mask
=10 grams

And that's it?
Brilliant - thanks

Well, I suppose it depends on how you use your camera, but for me the Depth of Field Preview is a big 'it'! Wouldn't buy a camera without it.

Dan

Ooh I've always wanted to meet someone that actually uses this!!

Why is it so useful?

I mean, I know what it does, and why, but I've always found that if I'm stopping down enough to get much DOF, the viewfinder is so dark that it's hard to tell what's sharp. It's obvious that it's sharper, but how on earth do you see whether it's sharp enough?

Backup body for wildlife, so agreed - me neither; I'll keep looking. Thanks

Well, first off, I use a rubber eyecup, which I find really helps increase contrast and apparent brightness in the viewfinder, so this helps once the lens is stopped down.

If you're stopping the lens down past f/11 or so, you've got to let your eye adjust, so keep it closed down for a couple of seconds.

However, I mainly use it for checking DoF when using a lens fairly wide, especially with a londer lens when shooting wildlife, just to make sure I'm getting sufficient DoF without making the background too defined. ALso good for macro stuff, to which I'm partial.

I suppose now we can just check the screen on DSLRs it's not so important, but I still find it good to check before a shot, certainly if I'm shooting birds that are moving about and the background's constantly changing.

Force of habit from my film days I suppose.

Dan

You've got a PM.

Dan

I am with Daniel on this. The DOF button is essential for me.

Kim

Ffordes have got an MZ5 for £49 if you are interested. Low price because the built in flash doesn't work.

Kim

I used to love my mz5.
got dof by pushing the lens release and partially rotating the lens.
not exactly push button ease, but worked when needed.

I also find DOF preview important however I didn't miss it that much on my MZ5 because I mainly used that for snapshot type stuff and the Z1p, which has DOF preview of course, the rest of the time.

I bought my MZ5 before the MZ5n was available however the latter was a very competent & well specified little camera (as was the MZ5 apart from the missing DOF preview).

If you've already got an MZ5n then I'm not sure why you'd want a MZ5 as well.

A spare body when using film is always useful. One for slide/one for print or 2 different ISOs loaded or sometimes a different lens on each to speed thing up. With the price of film bodies, it is quite a good option.

Kim