Hi Alex, It really depends on your priority. Even my MZ-3 is much much better in term of build quality (made in Japan vs *ist made in Philippine), but I could live with it. And both MZs & ist are made for different purposes. I need something compact, light, but sophisticated enough plus my wife could use it sometimes with the extensive auto settings.
So far I had no problem with VFs. My 300/4.5 is still easy to use with both MZ3 and *ist. The only thing I miss is the power zoom capability which is missing from the *ist. I like my MZ3 which put focusing ring back to infinity and zoom to the shortest when turning off the body. And if you use wide aperture lenses, *ist can reach 1/4000 too, not so shabby compared to MZ-S' 1/6000. So far, I think *ist also has the widest AF coverage among other Pentax bodies, and having wider and more sensitive AF mean more chance to catch a tack sharp focus with your subject regardless it's position. It's just a tad slow, and if it's faster, I think we have a winner - with price of course. So I won't ask more from a $300 camera body. It's GREAT! Thanks Winston -----Original Message----- From: Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 5:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bargain MZ-S How about the build quality? I really didn't liked the *ist. It feels like it would break in my hands; even my MZ-6 is much better. And I think MZ-S have a much better viewfinder, this is more important for me than 11-points AF. That's what I don't like about my MZ-6... I almost can't use MF on that camera, I thought because of my eyes; but with *istD (I tried it in a store) everything was fine. Alex Sarbu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Winston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 9:30 AM Subject: RE: Bargain MZ-S > > Hi Ryan, > > I'm back in Jakarta already. I think MZ-S does not have enough feature > for me to abandon my *ist. The *ist is a capable camera with excellent > AF. > > Now I'm back in Jakarta already! > > Thanks > > Winston > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 2:15 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Bargain MZ-S > > Hi Winston in Perth, > That's quite a good price for Aus.. I remember not too long ago there > was an > MZ S with grip for AUD1100 and I thought that was a deal. If you do > somehow > choose to abandon your new *ist to scrounge up enough for the MZ S > though, I > think you'd want to skip that lens.. it's not worth near the $419 in > your > calculation- you're better off (much) with the sigma 28-70 2.8 for i > think > about USD299 from b&h and it's just low enough that you don't have to be > very deft to avoid the import duty.. :) > Cheers, > Ryan (in Brisvegas) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Winston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 9:39 AM > Subject: Bargain MZ-S > > > > Is anybody going to Perth? Check out Downtown duty free shop in city > > center (near Hay st.) Last week I saw Pentax MZ-s with Sigma 28-80 for > > only A$999 (US$700). That makes the MZ-S alone $580. Too bad my wife > did > > not grant me permission to steal that beauty! Here the MZ-S is about > > $820 body only. I cheered up myself though, *ist has more AF sensor > than > > MZ-S!!! > > > > Winston > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Acasa.ro vine cu albumele, tu vino doar cu pozele ;) > http://poze.acasa.ro/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- Acasa.ro vine cu albumele, tu vino doar cu pozele ;) http://poze.acasa.ro/
