I got mine rather late in Pentax history. It is a heavy beast. And, like you said, the AF is very noisy. My first AF camera was the Canon EOS-RT, the one with a pellicle mirror. I think Canon did a much better job with their first AF cameras then Pentax. My favorite Pentax AF is the PZ1-p.
Jim A. > From: "Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 15:51:11 -0500 > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: SF1n Opinions > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 16:51:15 -0400 > > I have at one time or another owned nearly every Pentax SLR made from the > Pre-Spotmatic Asahis thru the *ist film camera, > EXCEPT a representive from the SF series, a PZ-1p, an MZ-S or an LX. (PZ-1p, > MZ-S and LX are still out of range in price.) > But being the Pentax addict that I am I picked up an SF1n and it got > delivered today. > I was thinking it might be a sturdy "Knock Around" body so as not risk > serious injury to my beloved ZX-5n's. > > Here are my first impressions, please let me know if you SF owners agree: > > 1.) It's HEAVY (Has the AA battery grip) > 2.) It appears to be very sturdy and well built, other than the flash and > top cover. > 3.) It's BIG. > 4.) Autofocus is noisey enough to wake the dead. > 5.) It's HEAVY. > 6.) It seems to have a nice well rounded feature set except for MLU and DOF > preview. > 7.) Seems to be very close to spot focus and though slower focusing than > I'm used to seems to do fairly well with a good lens. > 8.) Though different than what I'm used to the controls seem well placed and > easily reached. > 9.) By the sound and feel of it, it seems that it would be reliable as a > sledge hammer. > 10.) Heck it could be USED as a sledge hammer! (Have I mentioned that it's > HEAVY?) > > Whatcha' Think? > > Don >
