Hi Don I have the former Pentax SFX and agree fully with your impressions. Beside the noise of the shutter and film winding and the aperture not being visible in the viewfinder, I enjoy the SFX. With a zoom lens, a monopod and Pentax AF280T flash, it is indeed big and heavy :-) To travel very light or not be recognized immediately as old fashioned amateur photographer, I have a nice old Olympus XA compact camera with 35mm lens and A11 flash in a pocket. The Olympus is small and very quiet for certain moments :-) greetings Markus
> 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 > >
