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 p.4 #19 · Nikon F3 vs Olympus OM2 - 50mm F1.4 | |
Personally, I'd pick the OM's over the MX, but the LX over the OM's.
That chimes with my experience exactly, and I completely agree. The MX is a tough simple camera, but the viewfinder, though large is not that bright, same goes for the OMs. The MX metering can also be cranky (though very intuitive to use through the viewfinder). Om lenses are generally great, but their bodies, though very nice and small, and with the exception of the OM3/4tis, are not top quality.
The LX, on the other hand, is a really refined beast. Very, very tough, superb viewfinder (with very intuitive and effective LED meter indication), excellent, reliable metering, interchangeable prisms: in every respect a large cut above the MX, and better than any OMs. As said above, sticky mirror, if a problem (I've never had it) is easy to fix.
Nevertheless, I would definitely go, nowadays, for a Nikon FM3a - exactly the same size and weight as the LX, but much newer. There is also a much bigger, better and more easily available lens selection. There are some lens gems in the Pentax range (the 50/1.4 is one of them) but Nikon's range is generally more impressive.
As far as handling goes, I prefer the LX metering (easy to see in all lights, unlike the FM3a) but still, the more recent production of the FM3a, the fact that it is almost the last of the all metal construction SLRs, and the great lens choice, would make me go for that, if I were buying now - even over my much loved and well used LX.
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