| Latest Review Posted | Pentax P3 / P30
Pros | It's like a modern K1000
Cons | None !!!
Rating | 10
Price | 20 USD
Years Owned | 0.25
I can recommend this camera: Yes
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Camera Review
It has many names :
Pentax P3n
Pentax P30n
Pentax P30t
Hello from Maine :)
Sometimes I find a camera that really clicks with me - the first Pentax camera I liked a lot was "K1000 SE" with it's split prism and subtle "needle metering" - I loved it.
With the popularity of the K1000 I sold it on eBay for crazy bucks and tried the P3 from 1985, it's super nice! I like it better than the K1000 SE.
And it was only like $20 USD !!!
The meter is nice and modern, silicon photocell equivalent (apparently) like our modern dSLR's. It really made great exposures for me even in high contrast situations.
Like these two pics of a white lighthouse and granite stones. The exposure meter wasn't fooled by that. It was so bright I was shooting f/16 at 1/500 (ISO 400 film).
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4625722224_ced3b756c1_b.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3380/4625721890_107260f61a_b.jpg
It can shoot in "auto mode" when using an "auto aperture lens"
It can shoot in "aperture priority mode" with any lens
It can shoot in "metered manual mode" with any lens (like the K1000)
That's plenty of control if you want it, or auto mode if you don't.
And being a Pentax it can use a huge array of K-mount lenses and M42 lenses - attached in the first pic, and also used to take the t... |
