Asahi Optics film SLR camera eye-level finder design Part 5 !
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In this issue, we will look at the eye-level finder design of this film SLR camera released in 1997, comparing it to the ME super released in 1979.
PENTAX MZ-50 (Reference product)
This film SLR camera has a plastic body and can use manual focus and auto focus.
Front.
The manufacturer’s logo is a printed type.
Comparison with ME super.
The size of the letters of the manufacturer’s logo is completely different.
The MZ-50 has a slightly more modest size logo.
MZ-50
ME super
This is an angle from an angle.
An accessory shoe is attached, but there is a cutout for using the built-in flash.
Press the black button on the side to pop out the built-in flash.
The accessory shoe is fixed in place.
Comparison with ME super.
You can clearly see the difference in materials.
The MZ-50 has a plastic body with a curved surface design.
MZ-50
ME super
View from the side.
The tip is pointed.
It looks like a pelican.(Laughter)
MZ-50
MZ-50
ME super is linear in tone.
ME super
ME super
View from the top.
The difference in design is clearly visible.
MZ-50
ME super
This is the back side.
You can see that the side design is completely different.
And the accessory shoe mounting area is quite different.
MZ-50
ME super
In this article, we compare the eye-level finders of Asahi Optics’s MZ-50 and ME super.
There is a difference of 18 years between the MZ-50 released in 1997 and the МE Super released in 1979.
The body material was changed from steel to plastic, and various parts of the body changed and evolved with the advent of auto-focus, which used to be manual focus only.
A comparison shows that they are different in all aspects.
The material of the camera body changed from straight lines to curves, and the design became unique to each manufacturer, but I was a little disappointed that many bodies have a modest manufacturer’s logo for some reason.
I will continue to write columns on various aspects of film SLR cameras, including plastic bodies!
Thank you for reading my column today.
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