And, that is what he will tell his customers when tries to point them to
Nikon which has better spiffs.
Some of this I know to be wrong, some of it I think to be wrong, and some of
it bears thinking about. The folks here who have reported first hand
hands-on with the camera (including myself) all have a far higher opinion f
the camera than this, and have reported differently about the way it works.
--Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "dick graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 10:39 AM
Subject: First Look at MZ-S
> The following is from my brother who works in a high end photography store
> in the San Fancisco Bay area.
>
>
>
> >Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 23:12:21 -0800
> >From: "William D. Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: MZ-S
> >To: Ricahrd Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022
> >
> >Hi Dick,
> >
> >Our Pentax rep brought an MZ-S in last week. The one thing that
overshadows
> >all else about the camera is it's price. With a street price of $850 to
> >$900, it will not sell very well. We figure, based on fell and features,
it
> >should be priced at about $600.
> >
> >The interface is cumbersome. Focus point sellection is very cumbersome.
The
> >top left dial, which controls exposure compensation and auto bracketing,
is
> >not designed so you can move the inner auto bracketing dial very well.
The
> >little ribs are too small and the dial's detents are too difficult to
> >overcome. However, the general idea of it is good.
> >
> >The outer ring on the right hand dial controls the exposure modes. This
is
> >much like the old Maxxum 9000's exposure mode dial. But unlike the
Minolta
> >where you just turned the ring to select the exposure mode; with the MZ-S
> >you need to push a button on the front of the camera and turn the dial to
> >get away from the program mode. You then need to push the button again
and
> >turn the dial to get back to the program mode. This also is a bit
> >cumbersome. And they seem to have abandoned the Hyperprogram mode. This
was
> >one of the PZ-1n's best features.
> >
> >But more important than any of the above, dispite it's magnesium
> >construction, it feels cheap.
> >
> >I fear that Pentax has dropped the ball on this one.
> >We'll see. If the price gets down around $500 to $600 it may succeed.
> >
> >Bill
>
>
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