Pentax MX removable prism?

[35millimetre]

Hello! I read recently that the Pentax MX has a removable prism - would this allow me to use a waist-level viewfinder with it? Has anyone tried this, is it fun/any good? If so, how would I go about finding and fitting one?

 

[freecom2]

You sure it wasn't the LX you were reading about? The MX has a lot going for it but the prism is fixed as far as I remember (I don't have mine to hand at the moment).

 

[35millimetre]

Oooh you could be right. Looking at my MX just now I can't see how it'd come off...

 

[freecom2]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it is fixed. Very few 35mm cameras actually had interchangeable finders.

 

[IainG]

The MX has a fixed prism, but I believe you can change the focussing screen. The Pentax LX has a removable prism, with a whole range of alternatives.

 

[35millimetre]

The MX has a fixed prism, but I believe you can change the focussing screen. The Pentax LX has a removable prism, with a whole range of alternatives.

Maybe that's what confused me :/ I liked the idea of an SLR with waist-level viewfinder

 

[Jakska]

^In that case, 'upgrade' your MX to a 6x7

 

[35millimetre]

^In that case, 'upgrade' your MX to a 6x7

I already have to stop myself doing that, for monetary reasons I think if the other half found out I'd dropped £300 on a camera he'd go mad