I to can recommend the 24-90.
it is a expensive lens, but you will like the difference with other lenses. It's sharp as #### even from 3.5.

If you can afford it, buy it.

i brought my camera to a pentax service point.
i believe it is leaking power, also when turned off!

i set a message in a newsgroups and already got messages back from 2 people who experience the same!

so i believe there is a problem with the fabrication of this mz-s or the battery pack.

last month i had a problem that i changed batterys, put the camera away for a week. took it and after half a roll the battery was exhausted (photo varta battery)?

i am getting irritated by the fact that the camera is eating such a lot of battery and has probably a current leak or something. Putting in new batterys and shoot whole day won't be a problem. Just put it away and afterwards start shooting..

is there a better way to deal with that (different brand?) higher energy or something...

Hi,

I am using this camera now for 1 year. Before i had the Z1-p

Buy the battery pack along with the body. It is just that extra grip you need. That's what i didn't like about the Z1-p. No battery pack.

first the negs.
- It uses a lot of battery. I do not use flash ( have a metz attached)
I now turned of the exposure data imprint to see if this is the guy
who is using up my battery...
- The on/off switch always irritates me when in the backpack. Often
it turns itself on. Please Pentax CHANGE THIS!!!
- the extra autofocus spots could for my sake be disposed. I always
use the center one, and than choose the composition.
- also the date imprint is something i will never use.

pros.
- very accurate measuring of light.
- fast focusing
- i always liked the feeling when holding the bodies of pentax
(it feels good! tada tada tada ta)
- the +/- correction knob
i missed this one on the z1-p (thank you!)

Where do i use this camera for:
theater work (FA 85mm 1.4 ED, FA 135 2.8,FA 300mm 4.5 ED)
Weddings (24-90 AL IF)
All kind of things what is of interest to me.