Hi!
Beside OM I have a Pentax AF camera MZ3 (not sold in USA it is a little bit
better than ZX5n). Here are some pro and cons for Pentax AF system
PRO
-AF is good in good an average light situation
-Light meter matrix is working very good, You have a really spot meter, by
Canon it is not a spot it is a partial metering (9.50f field)
-Classical design (ZX5n) you have a aperture ring on lens, and time and
exposure compensation ring on the body, it is easy to use.
-It is very small and light like OMs
-It is working fine with all Pentax manual lenses (K and KA mount and with
adapter with M42 mount)
CONS
-plastic everywhere, beside the mount
-lack of advanced flash TTL system (this is working like this in OM)
-lack of HSS flash.
If you MUST buy a AF system I recommend Pentax
The lenses I recommend
SMC FA 50/1.7 it is sharper and cheaper than 1.4
SMC FA* 85/1.4 very good and expensive instead of this you can buy SMC FA
85/2.8 it is also very good but it is soft focus (portrait lens)
For telephoto zoom I can not recommend any ( I have not tested any)
Regards
Marcin
Tom Scales wrote:
> All good points, and don't worry, even if I made an investment in an 'other'
> system, I'd still be a Zuikoholic at heart. Just sell a few of the lesser
> used items and.....
>
> I did a little homework, based on Bruce Hamm's posts (come on people,
> haven't you played with these things) and came up with this 'sports kit':
>
> EOS 7E Body - $460
> 75-300 f/4-5.6 Image Stablized EF - $490
> 50/1.4 USM - $365
> 85/1.8 USM - $390
>
> Total = $1705
>
> Prices new at B&H. E*bay prices are about the same, which seems silly.
>
> Not a trivial spend, but could be covered by selling some things. Seems
> like the 50 and 80 cover Basketball and the 75-300 covers soccer. You can't
> say they're that expensive, compared to even good used OM. The Image
> Stablization combined with Autofocus appeals to the gadget freak in me.
>
> I'm going to follow Bruce's advice and see if I can rent a setup for one
> weekend.
>
> One thing has me back on the fence. I just got back the rolls shot today.
> The stuff with the 4T/50-250 all came out perfect. With 400 speed film, I
> was shooting 1/250-1/500 at f/8-f/11, so the depth of field covers my
> mistakes.
>
> Interesting academic discussion--might not do a thing.
>
> On another note, the LS-4000 is living up to my expectations. Started the
> scan on the first frame and stopped it. Made a few changes in Vuescan to
> perfect the settings. Fired it back up, set to scan the entire roll and
> walked away.
>
> Tom
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mickey Trageser" <mickeytr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 9:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Oh no, will the Zuikoholic defect?
>
> > Oh my! Why not keep what you have and put a tele extension on the IS-3?
> > Hmmm, You have to stay. Otherwise you need a new bodies, lenses (that are
> oh
> > so expensive), domain, friends....
> >
> > A good friend of mine has an F100 that is really the bees knees. Except it
> > takes 2 men and a boy to cart the kit around for her. She recently bought
> a
> > 20 2.8 (oh so sweet) and a Tamron 200-400. It makes for a very cool
> system.
> > But the $$$ will dwarf your expenses on scannerS. You will not be
> satisfied
> > with a mediocre 35 from the big guys. The upper range is very good, but I
> > don't like the plasticy feel of so many of them.
> >
> > But as long as you have the bug, I'll give you two dollars and fifteen
> cents
> > for that OM-4Ti..... ;-)
> >
> > Oh here's the other problem. If you get too diverse, you can't win the
> > game... you know, the one with all the toys wins? You were in that
> > neighborhood OM-wise, what now?
> >
> > Mickey
> >
> >
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