Pentax MX removable prism?

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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? :thinking:
 
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).
 
Oooh you could be right. Looking at my MX just now I can't see how it'd come off...
 
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it is fixed. Very few 35mm cameras actually had interchangeable finders.
 
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.
 
IainG said:
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.
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Maybe that's what confused me :/ I liked the idea of an SLR with waist-level viewfinder :P
 
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