I've been told that the silver MZ-S will come at a later date outside Japan. Whether this includes north America is not known to me. I suspect that the reason Pentax won't push the silver MZ-S is that its not intended as the "Limited" camera. The camera that matches the Limited lenses will be pictured with a Limited lens mounted, will have the same finish on the controls as the focus ring on the Limited lenses and most likely come with a Limited finished metal, bayonet lens cap. P�l ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Mathews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 3:50 AM Subject: RE: MZ-S Custom (WAS: Re: MZ-S Designers' Story (Parts 1-3)) > 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. > Maybe even update the software or something by then too. That's why I'm > keeping my 43 and 77 and waiting it out. The lenses are worth the wait. > But if they don't do that, and a matching quality camera never makes it > stateside, I'll feel even more betrayed than I do now. For all you out > there saying how nice it would be for Pentax to offer you some "military > green" or special color, you're saying that because you believe (and I > think Shel pointed this out), aesthetics do make some personal or > practical difference in the way we feel and perceive a quality tool. So > that's why they need to eventually market a camera to look good with the > silver limited lenses they've made thus far. I guess the only other > possibility here is that maybe those lenses have not been the success > story they had hoped, and maybe they'll take their chances pissing off > the few people that have actually bought them. I hope that's not it. > > Thanks, > Ed > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mark Cassino > > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 9:17 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: MZ-S Custom (WAS: Re: MZ-S Designers' Story (Parts 1-3)) > > Snip..... > > If they really are hand painted, it's more of a curiosity > > than anything > > else. My Mz-S and the FA 43 limited look rather peculiar put > > together, so > > Pentax would be wiser to release a silver Mz-S than bother with hand > > painting, from a marketing perspective. > Snip..... > > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
