[Douglas_of_Sweden]

I have a vague recognition that the super program was sold in that name only in the US, but that's not the point. The mother of that generation of cameras was the Super A that became the camera of the year (don't remember which of those prices, maybe more than one) when it came (1984?). It was my first Pentax (I baught the LX later). The following camera models were a little bit simpler, removing some marginal functions, and the last versions became very plastic (don't know about this one since I think it had a different name here). But all of them should be quite straightforward to work with, and a good way to test manual focus without having to test manual exposure at the same time (but still be able to do that as well). You will have a program mode quite similar to modern Pentax DSLR, a exposure time or apperture priority program or both, and manual mode. Had both the Program A and the Super A, and besides getting the LX for its weather proofing (and the cult status), they made me think I did not need autofocus until 1997. Would not mind to have one with a cmos-sensor in and skip of lot of the other buttons that makes me sometimes feel like I'm trying to fly a space ship (don't missunderstand me, I love my K20D).