| Latest Review Posted | Pentax Super A / Super Program
I'll lead off with the summary: this is among the film bodies I could be entirely happy with if required to restrict myself to only one.
The viewfinder is thoughtfully arranged. Like its cheaper little brother the Program A/Program Plus, it keeps its numerical information below the composition frame and out of the way, and the LCD introduces no more light into the frame. It is there when you want to see it, but does not distract at all from the subject. Also, the Super Program provides a switchable backlight so you can see this information in low light. The lack of such a switch in the Program Plus is my biggest complaint about that model.
Some people miss the capability for mirror lock up, but apart from that, the Super Program has all of the essentials as far as I'm concerned. Meter manual mode works well once you're used to the pushbutton shutter speed controls; you also get a depth of field preview control positioned in a convenient place, the ability to select full-program, Av or Tv shooting modes, TTL flash logic, shutter lock (though this seems built for someone with smaller fingers than mine) and a good grip that helps the camera feel secure in your hand.
My only reservation is, I have noticed in two different samples that the shutter switch and the backlight switch can go unresponsive with age. Symptoms of this are that you have to press too hard to get the desired response. A half-press might fail to turn on the light meter until you have gone too fa... |
