This brings up a question. Since no one on the list ever buys a new camera (as has been stated authoritively, by you-know-who), where are you guys finding all those used MZ-S camera bodies?
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Charron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:06 PM Subject: Re: I handled an *ist too > Hello to All, > > I handled the *ist with the FA-J 28-80 yesterday at > Henry's here in Newmarket Ontario and I totally agree > with your assessment. It's a great little entry camera > and I bet it will be a good seller. Personally I have > no interest in buying it myself especially because of > the K mount compatability issue and the fact that I > currently already have a Super Program, PZ-1p and an > MZ-S. (never two without three but four is a crowd) > However I am looking forward to purchasing the *ist D > to complete my small format line up. Then I will > probably be tempted to go medium format. (that's a > scary thought) > > Sincerely, > Ryan > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:58:57 +0200 > From: Thomas Heide Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: *ist and BG-20 > Message-Id: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Actually, I just popped into my local camera pusher's > shop and > demanded to borrow and *ist with an FA-J lens. I > played around with > it for a while before returning it, and my > observations were > generally positive. For an entry-level camera, it > seems quite good: > packed with features (which I found fairly intuitive > to use without > reading the manual) and reasonably robust. Sure, it is > not MZ-S (and > definitely no F5) robustness-wise, but it seems better > build than the > F-entry-level counterparts. It took getting used to to > set apeture > and shutter speed with the (thumb-?)wheel, and I think > that the big > LCD on the back is superflorus and just adds to the > things that can > possibly break (a smaller display positioned in a less > scratch-prone > place would be better). But, as I said, overall a more > than decent > camera. > > Give me a digital version of that, priced as an > entry-level, and I'll > be happy. I am not ready to shell out for a "flagship" > digital > anyways (my use doesn't by far justify it, and I do > not plan on > exchanging my MZ-S), but I would like to use my Pentax > lenses on a > digital body. Of course, my oldest pentax lens is the > 24-90 and the 3 > limited, so I don't worry too much for backwards > compatibility. > > The camera pusher told me, that in his shop, the > *ist's were flying > off the shelves, so it seems that the *ist could be a > winner. I > surely was impressed, and may even get one just > because... > > --thomas > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com >
