Sure makes the digital MZ sound worth waiting for.
--Tom
Ed Mathews wrote:
>
> Take a close look at this D1x review from a longtime Nikon owner. Rave
> talk about the camera, but it alerted me to the problem of "dust" on in
> a digital SLR, which I had never considered.
> http://kenrockwell.com/nikon/d1x.htm
>
> Thanks,
> Ed
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Rob Brigham
> > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 9:10 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: MZ-S Custom
> >
> >
> > This didnt happen with turntables when CDs came around. In
> > fact they went up in price because only the quality models
> > were still being sold in the main and they tend to be seen as
> > 'the last ever that you will need to buy - which will last a
> > lifetime'. That sounds a little like the MZ-S doesnt it?
> >
> > I think we will see professional (dont fret over the
> > definition here!) film cameras only in the future, and rather
> > than digital coming down in price, it will level off and film
> > camera prices will rise to meet it due to 'loss of economies
> > of scale' etc. This is what happenned with records and CDs.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Collin Brendemuehl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 20 August 2001 14:55
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: MZ-S Custom
> >
> >
> > You're going to get your MZ-S at a bargin price in about 3
> > years. Why? Because there'll be so many digitals out there
> > that every film body made will be cust to 1/3 of its price
> > today just to get it out of the warehouse or off the production line.
> >
> > (From prior discussion here, Pentax has wisely opened extra
> > production lines to keep costs down because of this
> > inevitability, as well as the need to tool up for the digital
> > production, which they're too late for, anyway.)
> >
> > jmho,
> >
> > Collin
> >
> > From: "Ed Mathews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > >Yes, this is part of what I meant with my post. My gut
> > tells me that
> > >they are selling all the black MZ-S cameras they can in the
> > U.S., and
> > >then (and only then), they'll import the silver version to match the
> > >limited lenses and try and catch a "second wave" of sales with it.
> > <Generous Snip>
> >
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