Most reliable Pentax 35mm bodies?

cordobaman · 12-10-2020, 03:35 PM

Originally posted by TwoUptons

MX is the best manual focus travel SLR I’ve ever used.

-Eric

I can tell you that the MX will withstand being thrown out of a second-story window and crashing onto the pavement. Yep, had an old GF get really annoyed at me...broke my heart (the camera not the girl). Yes the metal top was dented and the prism cracked but everything still worked.

Last edited by MarkJerling; 12-10-2020 at 03:39 PM. Reason: minor masked profanity removed.

Huss · 12-10-2020, 07:24 PM

Originally posted by murrelet

For what it's worth I've had multiple bodies of the KX and MX. I still have and use an MX. The KX is a great camera. But I also have a Nikon FM2N so the KX was kind of redundant.

I prefer the exposure readout info on the KX than the MX and FM2n. But I can see why keeping an FM2n over a KX, or even an MX.

nickthetasmaniac · 12-10-2020, 07:47 PM

Originally posted by Huss

I prefer the exposure readout info on the KX than the MX and FM2n. But I can see why keeping an FM2n over a KX, or even an MX.

If I'm using the meter I prefer the needle exposure reading, but if I'm shooting meterless (which I often do) I love the way the MX meter 'disappears'.

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12-10-2020, 03:35 PM	#61
cordobaman New Member Join Date: Nov 2020 Posts: 11	Originally posted by TwoUptons MX is the best manual focus travel SLR I’ve ever used. -Eric I can tell you that the MX will withstand being thrown out of a second-story window and crashing onto the pavement. Yep, had an old GF get really annoyed at me...broke my heart (the camera not the girl). Yes the metal top was dented and the prism cracked but everything still worked. Last edited by MarkJerling; 12-10-2020 at 03:39 PM. Reason: minor masked profanity removed.

12-10-2020, 07:24 PM	#62
Huss Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 629	Originally posted by murrelet For what it's worth I've had multiple bodies of the KX and MX. I still have and use an MX. The KX is a great camera. But I also have a Nikon FM2N so the KX was kind of redundant. I prefer the exposure readout info on the KX than the MX and FM2n. But I can see why keeping an FM2n over a KX, or even an MX.

12-10-2020, 07:47 PM	#63
nickthetasmaniac Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2,361	Originally posted by Huss I prefer the exposure readout info on the KX than the MX and FM2n. But I can see why keeping an FM2n over a KX, or even an MX. If I'm using the meter I prefer the needle exposure reading, but if I'm shooting meterless (which I often do) I love the way the MX meter 'disappears'.