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07-29-2008, 02:06 AM   #16
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I knew you would fall in love. The very same way I did with my MX. my superA is wonderful and also solidly built and feels and works great but my MX is just something else. It has become the camera I grab when going out. I can only imagine you will also be using your ME quite allot.

Suffice to say it'll never ever leave my camera bag ever.

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I tend towards manual cameras but I too prefer the ME to the MX.
IMO simpler and less fussy is just better on such a small body...

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Somebody offered to give me a free MX for the price of shipping. Condition unknown, but shutter works fine.

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Heck yes! Go for it! Shipping is nothing when yu get to use the MX. I have one and I love it! I just don't use it that much for the very reason of not having the equipment to precess and scan or print my own films.
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Heck yes! Go for it! Shipping is nothing when yu get to use the MX. I have one and I love it! I just don't use it that much for the very reason of not having the equipment to precess and scan or print my own films.

Ha ha, we'll see.

I've kind-of blown my budget already. My girlfriend doesn't even know I bought the ME yet.

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if you are only paying shipping what do you really have to lose? it may be junk it may be a decent useable camera. I say go for it.
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Before you buy another body, there's one thing first. Sorry for the shatty quality, my flash batteries can't hold a charge worth a crap so I couldn't stop down...

Scroll down, only if you're truly prepared...





























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'Ryan s' I see you have a zenitar 16mm, do you have any pictures taken with a film body and the zenitar to post? Have had an eye on this lens for some time now but I'm not sure if it is what I want, would really like to see some pics.

Btw 'ftpaddict' about the MX, there's really only one way to go here...

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'Ryan s' I see you have a zenitar 16mm, do you have any pictures taken with a film body and the zenitar to post? Have had an eye on this lens for some time now but I'm not sure if it is what I want, would really like to see some pics.

Btw 'ftpaddict' about the MX, there's really only one way to go here...

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Yes, there is really one way - I'll get my ME cleaned, adjusted and foams replaced.

I have a feeling that, if I bought the MX, one of them would just sit on the shelf unused. So I'd rather have one top-notch classic camera, than two functional ones (second one I'm not even sure of).
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I hate you

There's no way I can get one of these.
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I just couldn't refrain from trying this out.

The ME looks a bit ridiculous with the Tokina 70-210 attached. Clearly this is meant to stay a compact sysyem.

#1: Tipsy - The ME is resting on one side, because of the sheer girth of the telephoto lens

Pentax K100D, Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm f/2.8, ISO 3200, EV +0.5 < bought M42 adapter at last.


Look at the size of that thing!

Pentax K100D, smc Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, ISO 1600




A couple of days to go until I finish the roll of film. I'm making this one count.




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QuoteOriginally posted by Jimfear Quote
'Ryan s' I see you have a zenitar 16mm, do you have any pictures taken with a film body and the zenitar to post? Have had an eye on this lens for some time now but I'm not sure if it is what I want, would really like to see some pics.
Jim, I just got the light seals/mirror damper/focus screen finished Sunday, and haven't even gotten an opportunity to buy film yet...much less to go out Soon, very soon...
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I hate you

There's no way I can get one of these.
Just for you man, just for you Can't you see I'm trying to push you over the edge? Everyone needs it


I will say something about the smaller bodies...anything too big reallllly upsets the balance. My 24-50 is almost too big...the Tamron SP 28-135 is huge and really unusable. It alone weighs 1lb :ugh: I should have picked up that M 28/2.8 locally when I had the chance, to make a nice compact kit :ugh:
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just about every lens looks big on an M series body. here is my MX with smc-A 70~210 racked out. the smc-M 50mm thats usually mounted on it is for scale.

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just about every lens looks big on an M series body. here is my MX with smc-A 70~210 racked out. the smc-M 50mm thats usually mounted on it is for scale.

Impressive, and quite a bit longer than my beercan lens.

What? No zoom creep? That's preposterous!


The M-series looks best with a tiny pancake on.
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Here's my sexy photo. Just back from a cleaning.
M 35mm f2 on the left. and a 180mm f4 on the right.
Now I need one of those fisheye's.
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My sexy little ME super wearing next to nothing...

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