I'm just beginning the process of tracking down all the assorted bits of Pentax K-mount equipment I've got spread around the house (or out on loan :-); the next stage will be deciding what to keep. But while doing that I picked up an MX body for the first time in many years, and was struck by just how heavy it felt for its size. Without the power winder it weighs a little over a pound (495g); if you add the winder it's 1.76lb (800g). Even without the winder that's heavier than any of the MZ-series bodies except the MZ-S, although being a little smaller than them. With the winder (which is how I almost always used mine; the film advance lever of an SLR is hard to use with a camera up to your eye if you are left-eyed and wear eyeglasses) it's heavier than any of the K-series digital bodies except the K-1 (or K3-iii!). One benefit of digging through the various boxes is that I've at last found the folder of internal filters for the 250-600; I'd obviously set them aside "somewhere safe" to avoid losing them when I was dragging that lens around from track to track.

Though I have a winder for the MX I never used it. For me the fun of the MX was its size and I used it a lot with a 50 mm lens on hiking. The size and weight gave it a feeling of a solid metal construction. I still own two MX bodies. Henk Op wo 1 dec. 2021 om 21:28 schreef John Francis <johnf@panix.com>: > I'm just beginning the process of tracking down all the assorted > bits of Pentax K-mount equipment I've got spread around the house > (or out on loan :-); the next stage will be deciding what to keep. > > But while doing that I picked up an MX body for the first time in > many years, and was struck by just how heavy it felt for its size. > Without the power winder it weighs a little over a pound (495g); > if you add the winder it's 1.76lb (800g). > Even without the winder that's heavier than any of the MZ-series > bodies except the MZ-S, although being a little smaller than them. > > With the winder (which is how I almost always used mine; the film > advance lever of an SLR is hard to use with a camera up to your > eye if you are left-eyed and wear eyeglasses) it's heavier than > any of the K-series digital bodies except the K-1 (or K3-iii!). > > One benefit of digging through the various boxes is that I've > at last found the folder of internal filters for the 250-600; > I'd obviously set them aside "somewhere safe" to avoid losing > them when I was dragging that lens around from track to track. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. >