Yepp, I'm a pushover for things like this
So far, typical plasticky feel. Dials and selector knobs have a jerky and a less than assuring feel. Also back door doesn't seem stiff enough to close tighly and gapes a little bit. But seems light tight. Battery loading is not fun either. Kept spitting out the two first batteries whilst I was loading the two last. But I think it will be fun. Now that I have figured out the controls, that is. Fixed shutter of 1/125s or bulb. Multiexposure, flick of a knob. +/- compensation dial (get back to that in a jiffy)Three modes, A-Full auto, meaning auto flash - always on. Creative mode with flash (bulb only I think). And finally the most interesting, Creative mode less flash (bulb and 1/125s). Two focusing settings, 0.4-0.9m and 1m to infinity (and beyoooond)!
The +/- dial changes aperture. Normal position is f16. Meaning you get from f8 (+2) to f32 (-2). So shallow depth of field is out. But at least you can shoot full manual, albeit with one shutter speed (unless you are a world champ at timing 1/30s on bulb
) Does have a tripod and a release cable socket though, so longer serious exposures are possible.
Comes with close-up lens for 10-15cm focusing. And 4 gels. These are a pain to slide over the flash, under the diffuser. And boy do they have an effect. Tried the orange, and I thought I had loaded redscale film! With gels, at least in indoor lighting, you have to adjust to +2 on the exposure comp dial, or the images get very dark.
