On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 19:57:33 +0100, you wrote: >Judging from some of the posts here over the years it seems >like Pentax attracted a lot of customers on price with the Z-1p. >Particularly in its latter days. A common coment is that they bought >it because it was cheap and had it costed the same as a >similarly specified Nikon or Canon they wouldn't have bought it. > >P�l >
The PZ1p was and is still better specified than its competition, the N90, Elan, and A2e. At any price, it was and is the better camera. However, for several years the N90 or Elan or A2e prices ranged from 125% to 200% the price of a PZ1p, and each had a lesser feature set, thus making them grossly overpriced and underfeatured, not necessarily making the PZ1p a "cheap" alternative - just an eminently sensible alternative to one who could read a spec sheet and a price list. Had all three models been the same price, the PZ1p would still have won hands-down on feature set alone. And the Pentax PZ1p is still one of the most sensible 35mm film cameras of all time, new or used. -- John Mustarde www.photolin.com
