I love the Pentax mx. I have one and it's nearly twice my age. I never had any camera that feels the same. Also the whole mechanical aspect blows my mind every single time. I make machines for a living that makes me really appreciate the thought that must have gone into it's construction. It would be impossible to build something similar to such a camera for a reasonable price nowadays. To me it feels like the camera has everything that you need and nothing more. There is not a single compromise. And that's really hard to find in a product.
This was my first real camera. Loved it!! The light meter eventually died but I just used the sunny 16 rule. B&W film was reasonably forgiving. I had three other viewfinder screens for it (as they were replaceable) and the motor drive. Stopped working after many years. I still have some Pentax lenses in storage. Seeing this video makes me want to go and find a working copy.
Pentax has an amazing lineup of film cameras to choose from for anyone already shooting film and looking for something outside their collection or looking to get into it for the first time or back at it after a break away. The MX is an excellent choice from their lineup. Nice video, Stephen!
Thx for this video ! I do a lot of photography with a modern camera, and i found that pentax in my house, excited to try this in real condition. Your video save me a lot of time !
Great video, Stephen! Like its big brother (the LX), this MX is a serious Pentax SLR film camera, but so much smaller, more manageable and simpler. Very fun and easy to use! Sadly, my first MX was destroyed a few years back, along with a box of other cameras and equipment, when my storage unit was flooded; but thankfully, I recently found and purchased a replacement on ebay -- and in excellent condition! Now, with my "new" MX in hand, I can start shooting film again! I will be sure to protect this one (and the lenses) from harm by keeping it in my apartment in plain sight near my bed. 😉 Your video was a good refresher. Thank you! 🙏
Hi, you look like you know how film cameras work and just got an MX and wanted to know which film should I buy because I have no clue how it works and if it needs a specific film. thank you for your response !
@@ophelielalande9855 You can use any film, black-and-white, color or slide, between 25 and 1600 ISO, according to the measuring range of the built-in light meter if you want to use it. Otherwise you can of course use any film available on the market, but if it has more than 1600 ISO or is pushed, i.e. you want to expose with more than 1600 ISO, you must use an external light meter.
i remember my first time looking down the mx's viewfinder and almost being thrown back coming from much darker viewfinders. no youtube comparisons or written descriptions can do it justice, you gotta try it yourself
I have it for so many years I can't remember when I got it, with the 40 pancake and the nice 20mm. my sister and dad had also one, so to silver and one black MX. my dad still had all the old lenses and gave it to me, so I got the Pentax K1 markII and I'm still using these nice lenses, think I only have one autofocus lens but most of the time I grab my old glass. only one of all the lenses is not working properly, the 85 has stiff aperture blades, but the rest is still going very strong
Great video! I inherited my grandfathers ME recently and am trying to learn all I can. If you could do a video on good lenses for these generation of cameras it would be amazing. Thanks for making such a thorough video. It is really appreciated.
The MX is my favourite pentax. I posses K1000 / ME SE / ME Super & MX - I also own 4 Canon AE1+P cameras, my primary shooters. I would be equally satisfied with 4 MX bodies. Colour / B&W / Transparency and 3200 😉
@@apistosig4173 thx ; i've been using a K1000 for year and just bought an MX and like the size very much ; I'm about to go on vacation tomorrow (already a lot of heavy gear with me) and i'm torn between bringing either my K1000, the MX (but didn't have time to test it), or my trusted eos 300...
@@hugomalpeyre best advice I can give you - choose your lens, lenses wisely. K1 or MX will each serve you well. if you spent a year with the K1 - take the MX, I am sure you will come to adore it - enjoy
for some reason, moving the aperture ring on the lens doesn't change the light meter LED readout. The DOF preview works properly and it's a K mount lens. For example, it will be green, but when I press the DOF preview it could turn red. I'm trying to understand what's going on here and whether there's something wrong with the light meter.
There are two levers on the back of the lens. One is very small but rotates when the aperture ring is moved. That little lever actuates a small coupler on the camera body. I bet that little coupler on the camera body is bent and not connecting with the lens correctly.
Excellent video. I have a Pentax MX that I used for many years and it never let me down. Like everyone else, I have a digital camera at the moment, but I would like to return to using my Pentax MX, which, unfortunately, has its photometer inoperative. Could you tell me if there is somewhere I can get it fixed? I live in São Paulo, Brazil, but I frequently travel to Texas, in the city of Dallas.
The hot shoe does not come off on this model. Is that what you’re asking? Or the little plastic cover on top of the hot shoe? That guy just slides off backwards
