Help: Pentax LX vs OM3 or 4
Dwight VandenBerghe
LX, with its wonderful available-light metering system, and the
high-end Olympus 3/3Ti/4? I understand that the Olympus has a spot
meter, and that the LX is going out of production (or is already out
of production and only existing stock is being sold). Is the 3Ti
worth the money? Any afficionados want to tout the one or the other?
Thanks a ton ...
Dwight
Paal Jensen
I don't think the Pentax LX is more out of production than the
OM-3Ti; The LX is handmade and they will build more as long as
there is demand. Most likely the LX would stay in production long
after all current AF-cameras are discontinued.
If you think that you must have spot-metering you should choose
Olympus. The OM-4Ti is an electronic camera that won't
work without batteries.
However, if spot metering isn't absolutely necessary, the LX is
the best choice; it has interchangable viewfinders, it is better
built than any Olympus (according to some Olympus cameras are
quite unreliable; I have a OM-4Ti body at work, exclusively used for
microscope photography - never been out of the house - to or three
films goes through it a year. Still it has been at service three
times for stucked shutter. However, it might just be a bad sample.
Ask some Olympus owners). The LX is one of the best built cameras
ever, it is also sealed against dust and moisture. It has aperture
priority auto and a electromechanical shutter that works at all
speeds from 1/75-1/2000 + B without batteries. The OM-4 won't
work without batteries and the OM-3 is purely mechanical and consequently
don't share the low light metering capabilities of the LX and OM-4Ti.
Furthermore, Pentax have a bigger range of lenses, especially in
the exotic department, and the line is still growing. The LX is also
compatible with the AF-system; the main reason why I think the
LX will be available for a long time. There certainly is a market for
no nonsense cameras that work without batteries and is compatible
with current AF systems.
Paal
Paal
Ct Lee 香港Pentax超人
Dwight VandenBerghe <dwi...@pentasoft.com> wrote:
>Would someone please enlighten me as to the relative merits of the
>LX, with its wonderful available-light metering system, and the
>high-end Olympus 3/3Ti/4? I understand that the Olympus has a spot
>meter, and that the LX is going out of production (or is already out
>of production and only existing stock is being sold). Is the 3Ti
>worth the money? Any afficionados want to tout the one or the other?
>Thanks a ton ...
>
The LX and OM4 are sharing the same metering method. They are dead
accurate down to EV-5 from EV18. OM has a bonus of multi-spot
metering, but it lost total 5 f-stop mechanical shutter which LX
has (OM only has two stops - B & X). Also, LX has interchangeable
viewfinder, weather seal and mirror lock.
They problem of OM is on the lens. You can easily find lens and
of course not a fast zoom. But LX still able to get use of those
fantasy AF lens without single problem. Although it stopped production,
there is still many working LX on the earth waiting for you. Open
Shutter Bug and you can find hundreds of it.
I am now using two LX, when would you join the small but strong family??