Hello Glad to know that you survive the earth quake It is a very pleasant thing to know that focusing has make a big difference with the MZ-S. I tried a 80-200mm f/:2.8 ED on my MZ-3 and definitely do not like its slow way of working! About the 24-90mm f/:3.5-4.5, I am quite surprise, because I usually prefer a great aperture than a wide range! For tha optical quality, I prefer to wait for the test my favorite magazin will make as soon as the lens is avaible (I am talking about the french magazin named CHASSEUR D IMAGES, www.photim.com ) If I reside near you, I hope to buy your 24mm f/:2, but, from France, it will be quite complex ! The tokina is not a very good lens, so I totally inderstand why you wish to sell it for a Pentax zoom ;-) I hope that if you buy the MZ-S, you will enjoy it very much ! For the moment, I find it too expensive for the young student who is ME ! See you Pentaxclover ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren & Tara Sutherland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax Discuss Mail List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 9:05 AM Subject: MZ-S, my FA* 80-200 2.8 and an Earthquake (a little long...OK longer than I thought)! > Helo all, > > Today was a very interesting / exciting day in my camera shop. First we > experienced all 45 seconds of Seattle's earthquake! It's the largest one > I've ever felt, but by the time we felt it in Richmond, BC (Canada), it was > only about a 2.0. Richmond is an Island city to Vancouver's imediate > south...as in over a bridge. It felt like a long...long continuous rolling > motion. The entire 25 year old store slowly rocked back & forth and freaked > out our only customer at the time. Other than that, it was simply the talk > of the town for the day. I am glad to hear that all of ya PDMLers to our > imediate south are all OK! Let's call that one the Pacific Northwest's "Big > One" and be over & done with it...what do ya think? > > Then, my Pentax rep decided to darken our doorway to dangled the carrot > (aka MZ-S) a little closer than ever. I had the opportunity to slap my FA* > 80-200 f2.8 EDIF this pre-production version of the MZ-S. I only had the > camera in my hands for a short while but got a very good feel for it. I > doubt that there is much that I could elaborate on that others have not > already, however, please feel free to ask any questions that might still be > up in the air. > > The focusing with my 80-200 was what impressed me. It was definitely > quicker than my Z-1p or MZ-5n. I got the impression that the focusing motor > was indeed more powerful. I didn't bother trying the Basic Power Zoom as I > doubt it would operate any differently. I felt the operation of the AF > sensor selection was fine for my purposes (but then I don't shoot sports or > wildlife). I wanted to try my two LTDs on it to gauge the size/balance with > my two favorite lenses, but I did not get the chance. The camera was > definitely screaming for the elusive BG-10 verticle grip that we've all > heard of. I think that the camera / vert. grip combo will be a must for > quite a few people just as the Extension Grip FDp is for alot of Z-1p users > (myself included). > > I found the operation of the main Mode Dial, Exposure modes and...uh...Hyper > button...?... to be quite straight forward, a little unorthadox, and very > ingenious / innovative! I believe its operation has been described over and > over again, but if anyone wants my description just ask. > > Oh...and the viewfinder I found to be not as high-eyepoint, but brighter > than my MZ-5n, and not that much different form my Z-1p. I don't think I'll > have any problems with it for my purposes! > > As for the FA 24-90mm f3.5/4.5, I may just have to get one of those too (he > says unexpectedly). It sounds crazy, but does anyone want to buy one FA* > 24mm f2.0 ALIF or a Tokina 28-70 f2.6/2.8 PROII? I'm not sure about this > step, and I never expected to think of selling them but if I could combine > the two into one lens, I think I may just get more use out of them. I've > heard marvelous things about the 24-90's image quality and when checking it > to gauge the distortion (or lack thereof) at both ends, I was pleasantly > suprised to find very little; far less than my old and much missed FA28-70 > F4.0! Let's hope it's on par with the infamous N****24-120! > > Mt overall impression is as I expected...Pentax made this camera for me and > my uses (although I do realize that there are all of you out there too). It > feels solid (no suprise), yet light. I continue to be sold on it! My wife > even knows and accepts that I wisk to replace my old faithful Z-1p with it! > It's the part about needing two avec verticle grips that doesn't go over > well. For all you out there still trying to convince your > spouse/significant other that you need this camera and for what it's worth, > my wife says you're all allowed to get one! > > Thanks for listening, > > Darren "now what do I do util it arrives" Sutherland > > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
