I got my MZ-5 (Europe) in June 1997 and there was no MZ-5n at that time available. According to Bojidar Dimitrov's Pentax K-Mount web page http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/ the MZ-5 was introduced in 1996.
Henk > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Rob Geraghty > Sent: 20 June, 2006 10:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Pentax MZ5 > > > Does anyone remember when the MZ5 (ZX5 in the USA) was > released? Note I am not talking about the MZ5N. I'm trying > to figure out when I bought mine! > > I know I already had it in 1997, and I suspect I might > have got it in 1996. I think I bought it just before > the 5N was release, and I believe that's why I got a > "good price". > > Thanks in advance, > Rob > > > "Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours." > Richard Bach, "Illusions" > > Rob Geraghty > http://www.wordweb.com/gallery > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

