On 18 Feb 2001, at 1:45, Pål Jensen wrote:
> Has it occured to anyone that Pentax probably could install any film transport they
>desire in the MZ-S?
> The MZ-S and its digital sibling is probably built on the same production line. They
>are probably highly modular; the digital part and the MZ-S film transport are
>probably easy to remove or upgrade.
> Basically, if you take the digital version and remove the digital part and replace
>them with a high speed fim transport, your left with an F5 competitor. It guess this
>can easily be done. Although Pentax claim that the MZ-S is not the start of a new
>series, theres still room for variations on
the MZ-S theme.
Can't see why not, the Contax G2 which is smaller and lighter (yes I know it
is an RF and it doesn't have a mirror) and offers 1/6000th, 1/200 x-sync and
4fps whilst being powered by two CR-2 batteries.
Cheers,
Rob Studdert
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