"Pål Jensen"
> > Btw - Pentax Scandinavia says that they
> > expect a summer release for the MZ-S,
> > they have "no idea" about the price.
Pentax USA is saying the same thing if you contact them. If you
know a local distributor, you'll get a different story.
> They are probably lying. A week ago I received
> price lists and information about the MZ-S in the
> mail from the Pentax distributor. The price was
> clearly stated: 14.000Nkr.
Wow! that's more than $1,500. In US the dealer cost is $850, so the
price will be a bit over $900.
> They also took preorders for the MZ-S and the
> digital sibling (no price yet on the digital). The
> digital camera was expected in the summer.
> They will get a sample in mid March but they
> do expect the MZ-S delivery to customers to
> start in April (not certain though).
My local distributor is taking orders now and says to expect cameras
by sometime in April. The channel will probably be fully saturated
by June (i.e. Summer).
> There is also strong interest in Europe for these
> camera(s) and early reservation is necessary to
> ensure early delivery. So it might be that ordinary
> delivery won't start until summer while the lucky
> among us may get early samples before that. Time will tell.....
As is usually the case, those who "must" have it first will probably
pay more. By the end of summer, the price will settle down to a
reasonable level.
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