Those bodies could stand to be worked on to make them excellent The best bodies made aren't available, and even Pentax has accesories that other manufacturers don't provideĪny more!. Pentax also offers medium format equipment, including Their lineup of optical accessories, lenses, and flash equipment In addition to quality, Pentax also has variety that other manufacturers In my opinion, it is as good as a prime lens at any focal length. One of the best examples, is the lens I keep on myīodies for general purpose use the Pentax SMCP-A 35-105 f/3.5 zoom. The optical quality of Pentax lenses is also excellent. ![]() It is amazing how badly you have to do to have lens flare show up. See my earlier opinions to see what I don't like about Pentax. Nikon gear (which I think highly of), but stumbled acrossĪ used SuperProgram and the rest is history. I 'gotta run for now, I hope to write some more on this in a bit.Īll my equipment is Pentax. Incredibly small and light weight camera.Įven if you replace the MB-21 with an MB-20 on the F4, it still However, I can choose to remove the motor drive and I have an Program it weighs about 1/4 pound less than the F4s. I really like the F4 body - it is everything I have read aboutĪlthough I've had it only a three weeks as I write this, it fit myįor example, if I put the Motor Drive A on my Super I fell afoul of the dreaded problem of having two different camera Lo and behold, sitting right over the box of Pentax stuff wasĪbout two days worth of thinking a lot and a test roll of film and Off I went to pick it up and check out whatever used Pentax glass My "look out for this" list for quite some time. Viewfinders, and advanced features make this route quite tempting.Īs I mentioned above I was looking at Nikon before I ended up withĪ friend found a Pentax SMCP-FA 1.7x AF teleconverter NIB at a localĪlthough I don't have any Pentax AF gear, such a gizmo has been on The combination of a modern body, interchangeable Readily available Nikon lenses when I can't get the equivalent I often think I should save for that battleship ofĬameras, the Nikon F4, so I can just get and use some This choice would be easy if the Pentax equipment wasn't In, are just enormous compared to Pentax. Of the Nikon gear, both used and new, and the variety it is available So far I haven't done anything, but the availability In the "hole" which Pentax has left in my needs. Picking up a Nikon body and the corresponding Nikon lens to fill That can not be found or doesn't exist, I often consider ![]() More seriously, when I am looking for a lens for Pentax Pentax's best AF body, the PZ-1P has slow autofocus, doesn't acceptĪA batteries, and is known to have problems with metering with olderĮvery once in a while I wonder if I should switch to Nikon, It should also have a reasonable feature-set. Including the requirement of a good viewfinder that has focus aids I would like a newer body that works well with manual focus lenses, In fact, they are discontinuing the one good body, the PZ-1p, In my opinion, Pentax doesn't have a very good line up of autofocus bodies. It is more difficult to find used Pentax gear than it is ![]() However, every once in a while I become frustrated with Pentax. The bodies are compact and the lenses are excellent. I use Pentax manual focus (A series) equipment. Random Photographers, Agencies, and Labs.Net Photo Resources, Individuals, Themes.The following are sections of this document: Commentary on Photo Books and Publishers.Here are some notes that I've written about various things.
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