Another Pentax this week, the MZ-M (also sold as the ZX-M) 35mm SLR…
Pentax MZ-M with SMC 50mm f/2 and 28mm f/2.8 lenses
The MZ-M was released in 1997 and was intended to be the successor to the student's favourite, the K1000. It never really caught on in the way that the rugged mechanical K1000 did though but as a plus the MZ-M doesn't command as high a price secondhand…
When used with KA mount lenses the MZ-M offers programmed AE, aperture and shutter priority and manual exposure modes, with the K mount lenses I'm using only aperture priority and manual are available (not a problem for me!)
Pentax MZ-M
The controls are simple but include everything most film shooters need, +/- 3 stops exposure compensation, depth of field preview, AE lock and the facility to manually set the film ISO.
And the weight of this camera! (or rather the lack of it) makes it an easy camera to carry around all day without getting a sore neck or shoulder… something I'm all in favour of!
I've loaded a roll of Bellamy Hunt's (AKA Japancamerahunter) JCH Street Pan 400 and I'm looking forward to seeing how both film and camera perform!