At 12:56 PM 6/12/03 -0400, you wrote:
Ebay
--- T Rittenhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > >
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