> Its 1/250 via hot shoe and 1/125 via PC socket.
I saw that. Wondered about it a bit, for it doesn't make a lot
of sense. Just put a PC adaptor on the hotshoe. Or mabye
only dedicated Contax flash gear works at 1/250th.
> It can't use lenses from previous Contax AF SLR, because it (Contax
> AX) was a weird contraption that achieved autofocus by moving film
> plane.
Oh my. That is unusual!
> > The review mentioned, BTW, that the "street" price tag that isn't
> > outrageous, $1300 or so. And it is available.
>
> Did the review mention the cost of lenses? The cheapest is the $600
> 50/1.4 and the rest are well over $1000. And there are only 4
> lenses (2 more on the way). Ability to use 645 lenses isn't that
> much of a bargain. How many people can afford to fork over $5800
> for the privilege of using a 350/4 tele.
No, the review didn't mention the cost of lenses.
> > Yikes! This is the kind of vitality and innovation that I would
> > hope to see in a body from Pentax. I hope Pentax does something
> > soon. The MZ-S seems to be way behind the power curve.
>
> What exactly is so innovating aboutN1? Or are you using Bill Gates'
> definition of the word? All the things you've mentioned have been
> done before, and at much lower cost. But that's just me. Others
> may find an SLR with 2 slow zooms irresistable for $4000.
Those are the kind of features I would like to see on a body from
anyone! Even more so if it were a company with an extensive lens
lineup such as Pentax or Nikon. Especially at that price level,
just a bit dollars more than the cost of a PZ-1p when it was new!
A decent back that prints exposure info between frames. A digital
preview so you can see what you are going to be recording on film.
Interchangeable focus screens so you can have focus aids that the
user wants. Conventional, simple controls. All those things have
been done before. But not in an affordable "advanced amateur" or
"semi-professional" body. The closest I've seen to this point is
the Nikon F4, and its accesories ... a clearly professional line.
A 4+ year old used F4 body runs as much as a *new* N1. And even
Nikon doesn't have a digital preview in an SLR.
I'm not going to buy an N1. I have pentax lenses. I want pentax
to make a decent body with features something like the N1 has.
Not another lame body that drifts farther and farther away from the
basic capabilites that I want, and that all other manufacturers seem
to provide at some level. Every time I get another Pentax lens I
always debate with myself. The debate is whether I should continue
with Pentax, or switch to another manufacturer who is actually
introducing new bodies that are capable, or retaining and/or upgrading
the older capable bodies. I wait for some sign from Pentax that
they are going to turn around and make higher end equipment again.
Something like an LX. Something that is a step beyond the PZ-1p.
Instead they go the other way.
That's why I think it is innovative; it has good features at a good
price. A real bummer about the cost of the lenses though.
Bolo -- Josef T. Burger
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