If I could only keep one of my boxes Pentax, this would be it: compact and lightweight, yet rugged, fully mechanical, but full of tips to simplify the life of the photographer. .. An excellent issue!
- Type: 35mm SLR
- Manufacturer: Pentax
- Model: MX
- Year of manufacture: 1976 to 1895
- Purchase Date: November 28, 2007
- Mount: bayonet Pentax K
From the outside, the MX looks like two drops of water to his successor, ME . The carcass is almost the same, the weight very close and the drive mechanism of the film is identical. But beyond that, the differences begin ...
The shutter, first. The ME, it is a metal blade shutter, moving from top to bottom, as on all subsequent devices, the MX still has the shutter curtain silk scroll horizontally, as on devices K series or Spotmatic. This is probably the only weak point of the MX in terms of aging: over time, dust can accumulate in the slides. The slide curtain becomes irregular, which results in vertical stripes lighter or darker in the pictures - a small revision, and there seems more. And the vertical shutter Super MOE tends him, to bind completely ...
Everything else goes on the side of reliability: unlike the ME, but as the K series cameras, the MX is entirely mechanical, the only response of the electronics is the existence of a photodetector to measure light. This means that the device draws very little battery, and can continue to work perfectly normally (the measurement) if it comes to faint.
Moreover, the X in the name of the device is for expert : like its big brother the KX, it offers a number of specific tricks to delight the professional or advanced amateur. The lever-timer, for example, front: it is similar to the ME Super, except that, operated in reverse, it allows control of depth of field, ie it the diaphragm disengages the lock in the open position to give him the opening for shooting. About
diaphragm also: there on the front of the glass prism a small hole just above the lens mount. This is actually a very clever optical device that can read through the viewfinder, the value of the diaphragm directly on the lens ring. As the speed is also displayed through a transparent disc secured to the wheel speeds, which also reads the verdict of the cell, all items are clearly displayed in the viewfinder, without need e for that.
Note also that the MX offers frosted sighting interchangeably, which is a vital utility in everyday life, but can be nice in some cases. A gadget
offered the KX and defaulted on the MX mirror lockup, which limits the ripple through the device when the shooting. We nevertheless managed to do the equivalent by a trick: a small flick the shutter button, which switches the mirror properly dosed without triggering the shutter ... Not necessarily intended for, but useful for photography on a tripod in low light.
short: I do not regret the 51 books that cost me the camera on ebay.co.uk, nor the cost of a complete overhaul (costing more than the camera of course). Although the Pentax LX, newer and more expensive on the market the opportunity, even better news, I recommend without reservation as soon as the MX compromise value for anyone who wants to get into the "all manual"
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