mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >_Everyone_ got theirs just before the 5N > release. IIRC, it was a matter of months > (3~4?) between them. At least one person > demanded a replacement in this country, > they were so annoyed.
I wonder if they got it? I don't blame them - I think the 5N featured exposure bracketing and depth of field preview - the only two features I dearly wanted that were missing from the MZ5. I'd bet that the Japanese dumped the remaining stock of the MZ5 on the world market while selling the 5N in Japan. I wish I'd had the 5N, but the MZ5 has been a great camera for the last (omigosh) decade. Thanks to everyone who responded. I must have got the MZ5 late in 1996 or early in 1997. If I can get my brother and sister in law to remember when they went on their Africa trip, I'd know for sure! My sister in law used the Pentax on the trip and loved the panorama feature so much she didn't want to give up the camera. If I had all my negs organised I'd just have to look for the oldest panorama to find out. ;) Did anyone get the chance to have a look at any of my gallery pictures? The oldest ones were taken with a Chinon CE4s. I nearly bought a Pentax ME Super back then, but the Chinon had more features for the price and still had a Pentax K mount. Besides, I suspect that the Chinon was a Pentax by another name. Does a camera with a Pentax mount count as an "almost Pentax"? 8^D Rob PS I'll replace the low res digital pics with some decent scans of Provia 100F from the MZ5. Ahh, Provia, I love that film... "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
