Advantages: Very tough, very reliable, good quality (and cheap) lenses Disadvantages: Fiddly rewind knob, heavy
, uses the M42 screw thread (*why* was this perfectly sensible standard abandoned in favour of the current hotch-potch of proprietary mounts?). Although lenses using this thread are pretty much obsolete, they were made in such numbers that they're still fairly widespread, and most branches of Jessops (or the equivalent) will have a couple tucked away in the corner of their "used equipment" section. You might also try Cash Converters. If you can find one, though, you may well be in for a treat: Praktica lenses are often extremely cheap (twenty quid for a 135mm telephoto), yet high quality. The Zeiss 50mm lens that came with my camera has never let me down, and remains my favourite lens on any SLR I've tried.
To sum up, then: if you're a techno-freak who likes all the latest bells and whistles on your camera, steer well clear. The same goes ...
davidbuttery 09.02.2001 (13.02.2001)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Praktica MTL-50
Advantages: Great build quality, easy to use and good picture quality. Disadvantages: No image stabalisation and no wide angle capability in the lens.
As I am sure most Ciao members will now know, I am a professional photographer but as well as taking pictures I also hold photography seminars at my local camera club and over the last few years I have become somewhat of a target for sales persons asking me to try out their latest digital cameras and give talks and written reviews on them.
I figured a couple of years back if I was going to be testing out all these cameras and doing reviews anyway then I may as well be posting them on Ciao and Dooyoo and making some money for charity which as you well know is what I do now.
The latest camera to be handed to me is the Pentax Optio M60 and as you read on you will find that this little digital camera is a real breath of fresh air. For months now I have been handed very expensive digital point and shoot cameras that claim to be able ...
thebigc1690 28.04.2009 (17.05.2009)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: exceptional Review of Pentax Optio M60
Advantages: nice architecture, fast and reliable; good for all business Disadvantages: warmer, after long using
Dell Precision M60 has a configuration that enables it to compete with nowadays desktop systems.
The M 1.7GHz processor benefits of the mobile Pentium M technology that helps to increase the life of the battery and to decrease the processor's temperature.
Taking into consideration the Pentium M processor, the 2 x 256DDR3 and the nVIDIA's Fx Go (128ram), I would say that I am completely satisfied when playing games, video processing and professional photo editing. With the 15.4" UltraSharpTM Wide Aspect display, the movies are more than enjoyable to watch.
To protect from dust, I use a low quality notebook bag that fits perfectly to the size.
I recommend M60 to all of you, the price is worthed, the features are nothing to complain about and the feeling when using M60 is unique. ...
