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> According to Boz's site and also Pentax UK's, they both have
> DOF preview, but according to Pentax US, the MZ-6 (OK, MZ-L)
> does not. Can someone (preferably from the UK) clarify this
> for me please?

Its been awhile since these discussions, but I am pretty postiive that DOF
preview is in a Custom Function of the -6/L.

The DOF preview has it's own button on the right side of the lens mount.

> Other than that, I cannot understand why the MZ-5n is so much
> more expensive than the MZ-6. If anything, the 6 has faster
> flash sync speed, and faster maximum shutter speed. Would anybody
> care to justify to me why they think the MZ-5n with the 28-80FA
> is £150 better than the MZ-6 with the 28-90?

Because if you want a camera like the -5n, you have no other option.
There's not another reasonably priced (cause for all I know Contax makes
one) camera with the classic layout and autofocus. Everything on the -5n
is in the right spot, and its easy to take in everything in by glancing at
the camera's front or top.

The -6/L is more like your -50. Its got a more modern layout. I played
with a friend's -6 once, and its a pretty neat camera. My favourite
feature is teh way the display changes colour when you go to a slower
shutter speed. Then, I'm easily amused by gadgets. However, when I wanted
to replace my own -50 a couple years back, I bought the -5n.

From my point of view there is only one reason to get the -5n a head of the
-6/-L, the user interface. Unless you see that as a must, get the -6/-L which is a much more modern camera.

/Paul (who has a ZX-L)

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