It was sold as the new top of the line, and in most respects had, at least for Pentax top of the line specifications. The MZ-S was the Flagship but was soon discontinued anyway. The *ist effectively replaced the MZ-S the MZ3/ZX5n MZ-6/ZX-L etc. Don't forget the green button Kludge on the *ist-D didn't come along until there was a wave of protest from Pentax's user base in Japan, (and here, but Japanese users are what Pentax probably really cared about). I have no doubt that Pentax will change sensors as soon as it makes economic sense to do so. If a 1.3 crop or full frame 35mm sensor is released next week with a price/quality ratio that makes economic sense. Don't doubt that those DA lenses will be suddenly obsolete.
Paul Stenquist wrote: > The film *ist was a limited offering aimed at newbie amateurs. It >was built for use with consumer zooms. It wasn't likely that many >would want to use it with pre-A lenses. >Paul >On Aug 7, 2006, at 6:45 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > > >>They've never screwed with their customers like that before. Well not >>until the introduction of the *ist Film and Digital introduction that >>is. Try to meter with a pre-A lens on the film *ist and let me >>know how >>that works for ya. >> >>Aaron Reynolds wrote: >> >> >> >>>On Aug 5, 2006, at 7:35 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>And encourage us to buy new lenses? Gosh, no! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>I just can't see it. They've never screwed with the customer like >>>that >>>before. >>> >>>Plus, their pro commitment is still to medium format. >>> >>>-Aaron >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>-- >>When you're worried or in doubt, >> Run in circles, (scream and shout). >> >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > > -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
