Hi
Someone wrote:
Don't get me
>wrong, I like most of what I've heard about the
>camera. Just don't want to part with that much
>money.
That's not fair: The MZ-S is clearly an F100 competitor. A used LN F100 cost
999$.
There are only few pro's et con's. If you own some Pentax/K-mount lenses,
the MZ-S pricing makes sence. It would be more expensive to switch to
Nikon. It will be a nice "back-up camera" for pro's who are using the
digital version, Pentax 67 or 645. But it will not make anyone switch from
Nikon or Canon. The digital version might!
BTW, I think it's very understandable that Pentax makes this camera, not an
entry into the 35mm pro market. Not an F5 or an EOS1 competitor. The MZ
series is probably the largest SLR success Pentax has had since the break
through of autofocus. Any sane businessman would try to follow up on this,
try topping it off with a more rugged, better featured, better designed
camera - still using the MZ concept. The entry into the "35mm" pro market is
the digital twin. If this turns out successfully, we might see other high
end 35mm cameras - film and digital - from Pentax. Untill we know, we'll try
to shoot great photographs with the MZ-S as well as all the other thousinds
Pentax cameras that's still working after 10, 20, 30, 40 years! Why don't we
just buy it, guys - it may very well be our last (new) 35mm film camera.
Heck, this one will outlast 35mm film, anyway.
Jens
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