Great review, Back in the early 80’s I wanted to buy a Pentax ME Super, and the salesman in the photo shop convinced me to buy a Chinon CE-4 over the Pentax because of features like AE lock with a simple button push, multiple exposures and easy manual override. PENTAX ME Notes and Troubleshooting Tips FIGURES: Fig. And by the time I was shooting The Pentax ME Super on manual mode, I just wished I was using the Pentax MX (with its stiff dial) instead. If you don't like the adverts you can subscibe here and they will disapear.    KA2    | However, there are some exceptions to this rule, including limitations with certain lenses. Having moments before set the Pentax ME Super back to auto, I had to fiddle with the tiny white button to switch to manual, faff about getting a meter reading I was happy with… … half way through doing this, I gave up. I’m sorry that you didn’t like it, having myself an MX and an ME SUPER, the thing that maybe tricked you is thinking of it as an computerized MX and not for what it really is: an humanized ME. Was: £52.68. That Chinon lasted me for decades. There was no shutter dial, and the camera could not be used in manual mode, except for B and 1/100 exposures. So why do I have the LX? It might be button-controlled, but regardless, it’s still a very simple camera with few features. Only K2 DMD has expo lock and ability to see aperture in wf. The alternative is to switch the camera back to manual or use exposure compensation. These are both excellent cameras with Multiple exposure button, exposure lock button, stop down lever, 5 &10 second self timer, exposure comp, and the ce4s has top speed of 1/2000th second. Am i right that AE on this pentax is very similar to the OM2n ? I was a Nikon man back then though, and rather than buying it with my first wages, I picked up a Nikon 70-300 lens that was on the shelf for a similar amount of money. or Buy It Now Pentax ME Super 35mm SLR Camera Package 3.1 out of 5 stars 35 Pentax K-x Digital SLR with 2.7-inch LCD and 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL Lens (Black) (Discontinued by Manufacturer) I mean, yeah, you can only set film speed via DX coding, but at least it has an AE lock button! This listing includes the Pentax ME camera body and a 50mm f/2.0 lens. Or maybe even an Agfa Selectronic 3, the cool-looking half-brother of the CE-4s? Even AE was a luxury until I got my OM2. I just about manage to convince myself it’s ok, but it still bothers me sometimes. The modes are ‘L’ for lock, ‘AUTO’ for aperture priority AE, ‘M’ for manual, 125X for flash sync and ‘B’ for bulb. I do realise that I am the exception rather than the rule here though, and so before I get into that personal bugbear, I do want to touch on a bunch of the things I like about the Pentax ME Super. My fingers know every nuance of every control on the ME Super without having to engage my brain beyond what I’m trying to take a picture of. That dial with smallish lock button just kills this camera. There was a hot shoe on the top of the prism and a self-timer. Letting the meter to its own thing here resulted in under exposure – despite much of the tree being in the centre. But, for it to work for me, I need to have the means to quickly override it. Pentax ME SE 35mm Camera Body, Chrome with Brown Leather . eval(ez_write_tag([[300,250],'35mmc_com-medrectangle-4','ezslot_8',181,'0','0'])); It also doesn’t have a traditional shutter dial. Expert news, reviews and videos of the latest digital cameras, lenses, accessories, and phones.