Nice pep talk Mafud!
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
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Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: MZ-S Is It Worth It !
> In a message dated 2/25/01 4:11:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << I think the MZ-S is going to be a succes. It completes the current,
best
> selling MZ line-up. >>
>
> I might add that tens of thousands of MZ owners have themselves been
wishing
> for an "upgrade" of their not so basic machines. The MZ-S fills that
purpose
> with a gleeful vengeance for PENTAX owners of all stripes.
>
> No more muttered: "It's a PENTAX" when asked by strangers, no more "I've
been
> thinking of switching" vacillations, no more "brand shame";
> "It's a PENTAX MZ-S, you got a problem with that?"
>
> Now you can break out the F/2.8 lenses, mount them to the MZ-S and hammer
> away just like the other "pros." So you can't do 10fpm. The PENTAX body
(all
> of them) is usually too elegant, at the same time, too work oriented for
that
> foolishness anyway.
>
> The MZ-S will cause a lot of people to buy and use those big wide, red and
> grey "PENTAX" camera straps, instead of straps that draw no attention to
your
> rig.
> You won't have to hastily explain how SMC lenses are the best coated
lenses
> in the world. No longer will you have to walk through venues, hastily
> dragging your PENTAX out to snap a shot or two then just as swiftly, tuck
> your mere PENTAX behind you.
> *Yeah, LX owners show the Mark, LXs dangling by one end for their necks,
but
> the rest of PENTAXIA kind of hide their wares, afraid they will be mocked
by
> C**** or N**** owners;
> you know, those arrogant folk who, hearing your rig is ~just~ a PENTAX,
> say: "oh, I see."
> You know, the kind of folks who make you want to cream them with your
> precious PENTAX when they turn away, their C**** or N**** noses in the
air.
> Instead, too many PENTAXIANS slink away, their humbled hearts sadly
pounding.
> *There is justice though: Whenever I set up the 67ll, those same snobby,
> snotty C**** and N**** folks hide ~their~ puny 35mm rigs. I dig it in,
> innocently asking: "Didn't C**** have plans to join the professional
> photography ranks with a medium format offering?"
> Their dismay is delightful to behold.
> *A comeback, guaranteed to deflate C**** and N**** egos? Tell them you're
> thinking of adding a PENTAX medium format camera to do your "formal" work,
> either 645 or 67, you haven't made up your mind.
> Well, you are ~thinking~ of MF, aren't you?
>
> No damn more! We've got the LX, PZ-1p and now the MZ-S.
> The pity is, we'll probably become nearly as insufferable as those C****
or
> N**** folks, us looking down on point and shoot people (with the possible
> exception of those astute enough to shoot PENTAX p&s, especially the famed
WR
> breed).
>
> Buck up old chaps, our 35mm time has come... out time is now!
>
> Mafud
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