The mirror lock up is a brilliant feature. - mobile diesel mechanic near me

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I love this camera, and it's worth the buy. Tucson Concreters concrete patio

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This camera is one of a kind! My niece from Augusta recommends this. I'm very satisfied!

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The mirror lock up is a brilliant feature. You'd need it for long exposures up to minutes (my longest exposure was some 15 minutes though I thought this was impossible). Are the accessories a strength or a weakness? The FA1-W finder is fantastic simply because you can adjust it to your eye's need. Clear and bright viewfinder. Jeffersonville Porta Potty Service

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All mechanical, bright viewfinder, accepts tons of cheap used lenses. 1 year limited warranty

30-70 zoom. Zooms allways suck. Go for the fixed focal length. Can''t comment on the exposure meter. I allways use a handheld

the p1 is a decent all round camera. Bright viewfinder, 1/125 synch speed and it takes k-mount lenses. I''ve put some vintage glass on this camera and gotten wonderfull results. Decent build quality. You would be better off getting the f2 50mm lens than the zoom. I bought this camera to use in places to dangerous for the k1000. Thanx to the faster sych speed and the easier to focus screen i use it far more than the k1000.

Customer Service

Not needed as of yet.

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Cheap, feels sturdy, very basic and simple, uses K-mount lenses, all mechanical

for a little more you can get a MZ-M, no auto exposure modes at all ( p2 has Aperture priority ) not fully K-mount compliant, viewfinder shound have had a match needle not leds. Horrible lens in the kit.

Just playing with it in the store, Ran a roll thru it to see, the 35-70 lens is soft, not that bad body build but this is no k-1000, and as said before a little more and you can have a MZ-M with auto features, Basically not worth the money but ok all manual camera if you give it real lenses.

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Best bang for your buck...isn't that how the saying goes? This is the first SLR I've ever gotten and I personally love it. I don't know if it would be a strength or a weakness that everything is manual. Manual focus, film advance, film rewind, etc. The lens mount is very popular so you should have no trouble finding another lens. It has exposure lights in the viewfinder. Very easy to understand. Comes with a 35-70 zoom lens. Complete aperature and shutter control.

The lens that comes with the camera has no depth of field scale. Also, no depth of field preview. All manual, again, depends on what kind of photographer you are. A little on the heavy side and the shutter is loud when released. But hey, what do you expect for $130? Not a popular brand, however

I absolutely recommend this camera for beginners. GET THIS CAMERA! The Phoneix P1 is a great quality camera especially for the price you get it for. It takes great pictures!!!

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Easy to use.

Light metering can be very hard to achive the proper exposure, compared to other cameras. I read that my current cammera was hard to achive the proper exposure but compared to this it is 20 times eaiser.

The camera is very basic. It is for beginers and will not progress them very far. I personally feel that the Company is not relible.

Customer Service

Very bad. I sent the cammera to Phoenix under the camera's 1 year warrenty, because when the apputure was adjusted the camera did not notice a difference. Phoenix said that the camera was hit so it wasnot covered in the warrenty. I was the only one who had used the camera so I knew that this was not the case. When I told the company this they then said that it was sand damage. This also was untrue, I had a camera shop owner call the company because he had seen the camera before it was sent in and he knew that there was no sand damage. After this they aggreed to honor the warrenty. This all started over 2 months ago and the camera has not been returned.

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Bottom line? This camera is pure garbage. A friend of mine bought it (with a 14 day return policy) & asked I shoot several rolls to evaluate. Build quality stinks. Metering stinks. This camera has no redeeming qualities & you would be better of with a $15 Holga. DON'T waste your time or money - this is one hunk of trash!

Customer Service

Absolutely terrible

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