What is the opinion of the experienced 67 users out there with respect to the TTL finder vs. using a hend held Pentax spot meter (or similar.) It appears that you can buy a good handheld meter for about the same price as the TTL finder. To add to my confusion, I shoot 35mm with a Nikon N70, which has a pretty sophisticated meter in it already. I have been using this as my meter for my old Yashica D, and so far so good (other than being inconvenient). Any opinions are appreciated, since I have not yet bought my first 67 YET.

P.S. sorry for the long winded post.

-- Jim Korczak (korczaks@ptdprolog.net), June 22, 1998

Answers

Jim: After using the TTL Pentaprism finder for ten years, I have gotten used to its limitations. If you really know general meters well, I would recommend the TTL. If you're used to spot type systems, go with the hand held using the regular pentaprism finder. It has long been said that Pentax needs to upgrade their TTL pentaprism finder to a spot type system. It would be a big improvement. SR

-- Steve Rasmussen (srasmuss@flash.net), June 22, 1998.

Thanks for the info. I assume the (dis)advantages of the TTL prism would be most apparent in scenes where large disparities in exposure values exist. I am leaning toward getting a standard prism and a magnifying ridgid finder for low work. I like to do alot of outdoor macro, so the mag finder would save me from alot of belly crawling in dew soaked grasses and mud. The two finders would cost e about the same as the TTL prisim alone. My Nikon N70 with a small 50mm lense would probable serve me well as an (expensive) handheld meter. And since I already own and trust it . . .

Thanks again.

-- TTL prism vs handheld meter (korczaks@ptdprolog.net), July 01, 1998.