| Latest Review Posted | Pentax LX
With the MX being such an excellent, more affordable, and more plentiful camera, why bother with the LX in this day and age?
For me, it was a bit of just wanting to know what the absolute best Pentax had to offer in the manual focus SLR days was like. Other than the obvious difference between this an the MX (AE, faster top shutter speed, modular, etc.), the most substantial difference for me lies in the handling. The LX handles smoother than any other camera I've owned or used. With the A grip, it fits in my normal-sized hands perfectly. The shutter releases in a smooth, linear manner. There's almost no shutter recoil or mirror bounce, to the point where I've gotten acceptably sharp results down to 1/15th with a 35mm lens. The film winds with a constant and effortless throw. Every tactile interface feels solid, but smooth as can be. It's the kind of experience that makes you want to go out and take pictures just for the sake of using the camera. But what is all of that without a good way to see what you're doing? Well, fortunately, the LX also happens to have the clearest and sharpest 35mm SLR viewfinder I've ever had the pleasure of using. This is also the only film camera I own that I would confidently take up to the mountains with me. Nothing really seems to bother it, not even sub-freezing temperatures. Not bad for a 40 year-old camera. Oh, and it's also smaller and lighter than the F1n or F3. Heck, it's even smaller than my FE2 was.
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