I saw a ZX-M (MZ-M) and an *ist in a San Francisco Ritz Camera last summer. Before Reed's closed, we still had some ZX-M kits in stock, though I think a local school was going to buy them all. We sold quite a few ZX-M bodies to a couple local schools over the years, actually. Damn kids kept fucking 'em up, too. Fingers through the shutter, knobs pulled off, broken battery door, etc. If I ran a school, I'd require the kids to get their own damn cameras.
John Celio (not that we minded charging for the repairs, I just felt bad for the cameras. Which I know is stupid...) Quoting "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hell, based on my experience, Henry's is a hell of a lot better than Ritz. > > Adam Maas wrote: > > The local pusher (Henry's, Canada's equivalent of Ritz) still has a > > few MZ-60's and MZ-M's. But that's it. And nobody wants them. > > > > The local sites may well reflect what's still sitting in the > > warehouse, even if no retailer in their right mind would order any > > stock. > > > > -Adam > > > > On 12/5/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Try to buy a Pentax Film camera, even B&H doesn't have them in stock. > >> There aren't any available in any local shops, or big box stores > >> either. Last actual Pentax Film camera I saw around here was in Sears > >> about two years ago. Hell, I just a search on the Pentax *ist 35mm, and > >> the MZ/ZX M, both show as being available, /somewhere/ by the Pentax > >> Japan, (English), product page. Used? Yes. New? Nada, Zippo, made of > >> Unobtainium, which was my point. Bob thought that the Pentax USA web > >> site was unreliable and pointed me to the Japanese site. I believe > >> based on the evidence that it's just as unreliable. > >> > >> graywolf wrote: > >> > >>> Discontinued does not mean unavailable. It means they have stopped making > them, > >>> or in some cases just stopped distributing them. I remember when I bought > a > >>> Honeywell 892S they had discontinued them about four years earlier, but > there it > >>> was on the shelf in my local camera store. Ah those were the days, that > thing > >>> hung on the side of my Super Technica for several years. > >>> > >>> Graywolf > >>> Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com > >>> Blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ > >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> > >>> P. J. Alling wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> They still show film cameras, last press release said all of those had > >>>> been discontinued. > >>>> > >>>> Bob Blakely wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> I don't rely on the Pentax USA site for information any more. > >>>>> > >>>>> Tyy: http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/index.php > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards, > >>>>> Bob... > >>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>> Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this message, > >>>>> but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. > >>>>> > >>>>> From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Under explore our products->cameras->digital cameras->DSLR > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Only one product is now listed, the K10D > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Maybe there will be two new bodies in January, a Top end replacement > or > >>>>>> body above the K10d and a replacement for the K100D super. After > all > >>>>>> Pentax USA, ( > >>>>>> http://www.pentaximaging.com/products/cameras/digital/digital_slr/ > ), > >>>>>> usually keeps older products around for a very long time... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
