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mikel
Just have a provocative type of question. Suppose you have $900. You want to buy either used RTS III or new RXII or used RX. Reliability, handling, TTL flash control, top shutter speed are all important in more or less equal proportion. I never owned RTS III and "tested" RX in store long time ago, so I wonder what are thoughts on the two cameras? RTS III has real mirror-lockup, 1/8000sec top shutter speed, 1/125sec and 1/250sec (thanks Rico) flash speed, seems to be built well (and thus will handle well), has vertical release shutter button and has a good reputation for reliability (however, from many threads in this forum it looks like practically any breakage will run into few hundred or a round thousand dollar in repair costs). Also, it's not clear to me how good is TTL flash control? (or it actually works via pre-flash TTL control only?) The flash sync shoe has two contacts, instead of 5 on Aria and RX, so I'm not sure what functionality is "lost" as compared to more modern bodies?
Additionally, from the comments of other users, it sounds like RXII is using the same shutter as Aria and it also has new metering sensor. Thus it pretty much guarantees availability of replacement parts for a long time.
Furthermore, viewfinder magnification in RX/RXII is 0.8x, while in RTS III it is 0.74 I believe. In general, I prefer higher magnification usually.
Any input will be appreciated, since I'm struggling to make up my mind (although I'm not even sure that I *have* the $900 to spend)
Mike.
Additionally, from the comments of other users, it sounds like RXII is using the same shutter as Aria and it also has new metering sensor. Thus it pretty much guarantees availability of replacement parts for a long time.
Furthermore, viewfinder magnification in RX/RXII is 0.8x, while in RTS III it is 0.74 I believe. In general, I prefer higher magnification usually.
Any input will be appreciated, since I'm struggling to make up my mind (although I'm not even sure that I *have* the $900 to spend)
Mike.