Senior Member Registered: May, 2009 Location: Finland Posts: 215 | | Review Date: April 29, 2014 | Recommended | Price: $25.00
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | Good controls, good grip, aperture can be set on the camera | | Cons: | plastic mount, viewfinder could be a little bigger | |
This is indeed a nice camera to use. Very good controls, good grip to hold and aperture can be set on the camera. This is all I need from a film camera body.
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New Member Registered: November, 2013 Posts: 14 | | Review Date: March 16, 2014 | Recommended | Price: $15.00
| Rating: 8 |
| Pros: | nice analogue AF-SLR | | Cons: | batteries | |
very good results with Pentax 4/28-70
for few money a very good value
no real problems with it | |
Junior Member Registered: May, 2010 Location: Gold Coast, QLD Posts: 32 | | Review Date: January 16, 2011 | Recommended | Price: $1.00
| Rating: 10 |
| Pros: | Has KAF2 mount,fast autofocus solid build despite plastic lens mount
| | Cons: | plastic lens mount, no ME feature
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| Pros | Has KAF2 mount,fast autofocus solid build despite plastic lens mount | | Cons | plastic lens mount, no ME feature | | Rating | 10 | | Price (U.S. Dollars) | 1.00 | | Years Owned | 1 week |
I can recommend this camera: Yes
Value, Features, Performance & Size
Non crippled K mount (KAF2)
Solid build despite plastic lens mount
Feels quite good in the hand
Nicely positioned command dial
Camera Review
The Z-70 is one of those Pentax that suddenly reminds me of another company's camera-it feels a lot like a Canon EOS.
It's one of the KAF2 Pentax models-unlike the later MZ-30/50 (with a "crippled" mount) you can have the aperture ring on lenses set to any position.
Solid build quality, despite having a plastic lens mount instead of one made out of steel.
I guess Pentax took inspiratioon from the earlier SF series, as the Z-70 has its status display panel behind the popup flash just like on the SF series models and a hot shoe on the grip instead of on top of the camera-weird yet feels balanced with a Sunpakl flash mounted.
AF is quick and I love the command dial-it has the right amount of travel with little resitance to it.
I mounted a smc Pentax-M 28mm f2 to the Z-70 and it still looks quite easy to handle.
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