Review 4 of 27
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from Secondhand shop Summary: Whilst it's not the most beautiful of piece of photographic equipment, this is a solidly built & fairly compact camera that sits nicely in the hand. It offers program, apeture priority & full manual control, & usefully includes an exposure lock, depth of field preview, self-timer & a thread for cable release (my camera is a P30N - I believe the P3/P30 versions don't have a cable release thread). I occasionally miss not being able to use shutter speeds slower than one second & not being able to push film if necessary (the DX coding can't be overridden), but nevertheless I love this as a neat & rugged go-anywhere camera (especially when paired with a 50mm lens & loaded with some nice Ilford Delta 400 or HP5). Strengths: Solid build quality / exposure lock / depth of field preview / self-timer / ergonomics / film window (so you never forget what film's loaded) Weaknesses: No manual ISO / no shutter speeds slower than one second / can't use film any faster than 1600 (I'm being picky here - not that I regularly do use 3200 film, but ever so occasionally it's needed in very dimly lit theatres) Similar Products Used: Pentax K2
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