On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 07:51 AM, Heiko Hamann wrote:
Hi Jean-Baptiste,Hi Jean-Baptiste,
Welcome and congratulations to your choice of Pentax!
That's one of the biggest advanteges of the Pentax system: you can use
every Pentax lens on all Pentax bodies (afair there are only three
bodies with restrictions: MZ-30, MZ-50 and MZ-60).
Very good choice. I'm owning an MZ-5n which differs only in some mior
things. I like their classic user interface. But you should also
consider a MZ-S if it is not too expensive. It has a better viewfinder,
faster AF and is made of metal (plus many more advantages).
You will get spot and center-weigthed measuring with manual SMC ans SCM-
M lenses. With manual SMC-A and autofocus SCM-F ans SMC-FA lenses you
will get spot, center plus multi-segment metering.
I agree with Heiko. I'd also like to add that if you prefer metal barreled lenses, you might want to consider Pentax's Limited series--FA 31/1.8, FA 43/1.9, and the FA 77/1.8--all of which have some very devoted fans on the list.
As far as zooms go, the FA 24-90 seems to be very popular, and the FA* 80-200/2.8 is reputed to be spectacular.
Currently, Pentax does not offer a teleconverter that will allow autofocus.
A few web sites devoted to Pentax gear and reviews of lenses you might find informative:
http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/
http://www.concentric.net/~Smhalpin/
http://home.att.net/~alnem/html/equipment_review.html
http://phred.org/pentax/lensgal/
http://www.takinami.com/yoshihiko/photo/lens_test/index.html
Another site you might be interested in is the Pentax Users Gallery (PUG), which is updated monthly:
http://pug.komkon.org/
hth,
Dan Scott
