Pentax super program review

I believe that may be incorrect. On the latter this means that when the battery is inoperative or missing an exposure can still be made: the shutter is operated mechanically. Hello, your post was very interesting! I got a super program about a weeek ago, cleaned it all up went out got new batteries and film.

Have you ever experienced something like this? If so would could you share how to fix it? Hope that is helpful. Search for:. Table of Contents. Pentax Super Program 35mm slr. Rear View. Top View. ISO and exposure compensation. Main controls. Lens release, self-timer and depth of field preview.

Pentax Super Program 35mm slr — sync socket and lcd illumination. Motor drive and battery compartment. Pentax Super Program 35mm slr — film chamber. Lens mount. New mirror damper. Dirty focus screen. Pentax Super Program 35mm slr with lens. Share this: Tweet. Like this: Like Loading Olympus E sample pictures. Sony Nex 6 panorama function. Hyde park Statue. Rebuilding the Kodak Retina Reflex S film advance.

This is another one of my favorite Pentax cameras. So simple to use. Great review! Please find below four of the resulting images:.

I had ridiculous fun with this camera. For one, you gain a new focal length for each lense. While technically the FL remains the same of course, there is no longer the annoying crop factor which is particularly nice at the wide end.

The Sigma 24mm finally no longer behaves like 36mm and gives you quite a width. Another very nice thing is the viewfinders of these cameras. All three have a split focusing screen and both the ME Super's as well as the Super Program's screen is fantastically bright and dead easy to focus with.

The KX, from what I can tell, is a tad darker and more fickle to work with. I swapped out my K10D's screen against a Katzeye and I use Pentax' viewfinder loupe which gives some magnification. I still find it significantly harder to focus manually when compared with especially the ME Super which has the nicest viewfinder. There is a few more things I want to try out soon. The Super Program offers fully automatic apperture control so it will not require an apperture ring.

I am curious to see how the DA mm fisheye behaves. It doesn't cover the full 35mm frame and looking through the viewfinder at 10mm indicates it might effectively turn into a circular fisheye. Looking at the photos I took last Saturday, I can see that there is a slight tendency to over-exposure. This might either have been due to the Super Program's light meter or, more likely, the film that I am not familiar with. I don't have a negative scanner so I had these scanned and put on a CD by the photo lab.

This resulted in pretty low-res JPEGs only, unfortunately. We dig into the detail The Nikon Z mm F2. With a versatile focal length range and a fast aperture for low light photography and blurry backgrounds, this lens promises sharp imagery and smooth bokeh with minimal aberrations. How does it actually perform? I decided this was a good deal and picked it all up the next day.

But the Pentax Super Program — that was the real find. It has a bunch of neat features like an automatic exposure mode, depth of field preview lever, and a little button that turns on a backlight in the viewfinder.

A switch for the electronic timer can be found on the front of the camera. In use, the timer will flash a red LED and beep for a few seconds. The top deck LCD gives a readout of the shutter speed and has a readiness indicator. Within the viewfinder is a split image pentaprism surrounded by a ring of microprism. Below this is another LCD with shutter speed and exposure readouts. I really like the viewfinder on this camera. The split prism makes it so easy to get things in focus and the displays help me nail the exposure every time.

On my other film SLRs equipped with dials, I usually have to pull the camera away from my face to do this. The ISO is manually set by pressing a small button on the exposure compensation dial and rotating the outer ring. The Pentax Super Program can accommodate film speeds from 6 to I often pair it with a f2. The TTL hot shoe works with the same flash I use on my digital bodies. I think the cross compatibility with my modern gear is one of the best things about the Pentax Super Program.

It gives the user all the perks and features of a newer camera, while still retaining enough of a manual feel to stay engaging and fun to shoot. The Super Program feels great in the hands. The additional grips, small as they are, provide a surprising amount of extra traction when holding the camera.

If it were an autofocus camera, it could easily be shot one-handed. If you were in the US, I would say no. Dec 11, 3. Messages: 2, The Programme A was introduced in and has quite a lot of electronics, so this might be a factor to consider replacement mechanical parts can often be sourced easier than electronic circuits. If it were a all-mechanical Pentax MX or earlier? I'm not sure from your post what your figure is for the proposed repair?

If you just want a good working Pentax it might be looking at all options, as Hatchetman suggests. Just my thoughts. Dec 11, 4. Sorry, not sure what happened there. I'm going to run with both hands.. Dec 11, 5. Dec 11, 6. Messages: 3, The Program A was a budget version of the Super A. It is not particularly easy to change the shutter speeds unless you adjust the aperture to get the speed you want.