Need help on comparing 2 film SLR cameras!

[minoperic]

A couple of weeks ago I bought a Minolta Dynax 404si film camera. It is really good and I like it.

Yesterday I received a Pentax MZ-50 from a friend. It looks pretty good.

So forums, I was just wondering; can anyone help me decide which one I should use more often? Which one of the two cameras is the most 'advanced' or worth using?

Please help!

[Raoul Isidro]

I would recommend a film camera that uses AA batteries.
Do those 2 cameras you mentioned use AA batteries or CR2 lithiums?
Good examples are the Nikons F801, F90 etc.
The Pentax P30t uses AA, If I remember right.

[milosh]

The 404si seems to be pretty advanced, but it uses CR2 batteries, I'm not sure you can find them.
On the other hand, Pentax seems to use two CR2s.
http://ca.konicaminolta.com/support/...STsiManual.pdf

[minoperic]

yeah they both do use CR2 batteries which is a bit of a pain hey.

At the moment I've used the 404si more often than the Pentax one, but I guess that's just due to the fact that I've had it much longer.