"I have been reading the posts about this camera and wonder why so many, perhaps most, of the members of this group are so interested in such a crappy little thing?"
I won't buy a starkist. I might buy one for my wife if she needs another body. She is now using my old ZX-50. I am, though, very interested in the starkist because, for an entry/medium level body, it is packed with many of the features that I use on my PZ-1p bodies. I hope this means that higher-quality bodies with these features will be forthcoming. In particular, offering center-weighted and spot metering on the starkist means, I hope, that it will be possible to use slide film in the less expensive Pentax cameras.
Joe
