Iren & Henry Chu wrote: > > Dear all, > > >From: P�l Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Also, you cannot judge the *Ist place in the line-up from any of the > >current Pentax 35mm bodies. > > > > You can tell from Pentax Japan web page, when they put *ist in the mid tier > of the list of existing cameras. *ist is placed in between MZ-5n and MZ-6...
(ZX-5n and ZX-L respectively in the U.S. ~ the conversions may come to mind easily for you long time Pentaxians, but I need to do the conversion before I know what you're talking about... ;^) > ...and that's how Pentax headquarter people ranks them and this is a fact. > > If Paal's argument is really what Pentax in mind, I think they could have > started a new page list for *ist, instead of putting it onto the existing > list. > > What's written on the press release is another matter. They said "*ist" is > entry level but they did said the same before for almost all MZ-series > cameras except MZ-S and MZ-3. I did recall that they called "MZ-3" the > "flagship" in their press release when it was launched in 1999. Which is called what in the U.S.? > Regards, > > Henry Chu > 23/2/2003 keith whaley
