Originally posted by pentax_rob Hi Tim, Thanks a lot for the info. That's reassuring to hear about Asahi Photo, I will send it off to them as they are also the only repairers to give back a positive response. Appreciate the details on camera models...simplicity of design is what I'm after so like you say the MZ-3 or 5N are probably best (MZ-S sounds similar to my former Nikon, where I found the F6 & F100 overkill feature-wise and "downgraded" to F80 for compactness/ease of design layout). Incidentally, does the MZ-3 have multiple exposure facility lacking on the 5n (I couldn't find an answer on the net)? Thanks for the tip on the 28-70, do you happen to know how this compares to the FA 28-105 f/3.2-4.5 AL (IF)? Cheers, Rob
Hello Rob no the mz5n/3 has not got a multiple exposure facility, having said this in over 40 years of photography I have never used multiple exposure, best to do this in photoshop and retain all components as separate pictures, I have a friend who has a shot of a nightime full moon that's appeared in a least a dozen of his club entries, on various foregrounds, on to the 28-105 compact 3.2-4.5, this and the 24-90 3.5-4.5 were the two standard lens from the MZ-S the 28-105 has had mixed reviews, I have two silver and black both early models made in Japan, mine are sharp and have excellent contrast, the 24-90 is excellent but it was not made as long as the 28-105 so second hand prices are higher, the 28-105 4-5.6 power zoom is heavy and no bayonet on petal lens hood, the 28-105 4-5.6 internal focus is a Tamron buy in its ok but falls apart inside, all this info is available on the greatest Pentax site for specs Boz Demitrioffs K mount site just Google Boz Pentax. Regards Tim