In a message dated 2/14/01 11:32:13 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< Aren't we talking about robophotogs then? The PZ-1p can certainly do a
decent job in user mode if all a person wants is properly exposed in-focus
photos. It's a robocamera too. >>
It is indelicate, if not downright improper, to call the jewel that is the
PZ-1p a "robocamera" simply because it is as complete a camera [sans betters
AF] as any out there. The PZ-1p has automatic and user functions some of the
real "robocameras" still don't have (or just recently got).
With a battery grip/vertical release, the PZ-1p would have ranked right up
there. My casual survey of PZ-1p owners was not decisive, but the PZ-1p has
stood the test of time, even with 1989 technology driving it. Imagine, this
"serious amateur" camera has 1/250 sec flash sync, 1/8000th sec shutter, and
a host of other features in a body so unassuming it cries "amateur." When I
was still a working PJ who owned a PZ-1p, I can remember the looks, the
unbelieving stares when the other "pro" (those who didn't know me) would walk
up and ask: "What's *that*? "That" being my PZ-1p with my PENTAX 80-200 f/2.8
FA AF lens wearing its big silver hood:
"PENTAX" I'd say:
"GAWD-DAMMN!" they'd say, "PENTAX makes *THAT*?!!"
When I sold it (to help finance my 67ll), it had more than 41,000 PJ frames
(and PJ frames on a camera is like dog years on a dog) on it; other than rub
marks and slick spots from twiddling camera body wheels, it was still in
grand condition.
"Robocamera"? No, a complete machine that with few exceptions, can shoot with
the best of them today...hell, it's almost as good as its little brothers,
Super Program and ME.
Mafud
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