Pentax Program Plus

Nicely made, now a bit dated of course. Feels very good in the hands, controls mostly well placed. Lacks AE lock, an annoyance. Exposure compensation dial must also be watched away from viewfinder since there's no indicator there. Viewfinder shutter speed display a little dim but serviceable, winding action excellent, general size is compact but comfortable, viewfinder plenty bright and contrasty. Normal 50/1.7 A lens is excellent, as are most of the K mount lenses I own, including Chinon and Ricoh lenses. Mirror damping could be a little better, but it's not way too loud. Excellent all around camera, though I do wish it had an AE lock and a spot or limited area metering selection, but it's a bit late for that now!

Size, feel, mostly quick operation, good lenses; depth of field preview very nice.

Could use AE lock and expanded metering feaures; also indicator for exposure compensation would be nice as well as indicator for f stop in aperture priority mode.

Minolta XD11, Contax 139 Quartz, Pentax ME Super, Chinon CP5-S, Ricoh XR-S, Olympus OM-2n.

for a 25 year old camera bought at Goodwill? Well, the manual IS on the Pentax website still, that's pretty amazing since Canon doesn't have downloadable manuals for any of their older film cameras that I know of.