Pal, in north America they are all about the glitz and glamour, the latest hi tech. I had a hard time finding a 50mm lens new or used in Toronto, it's next to impossible to get a decent prime telephoto either. If it doesn't have a nikon or canon logo on it they rarely know about it.
--- P�l Audun Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ed wrote > > > > >There is no MZ-S anywhere in Baltimore - I > >called every dealer. I managed to find one in DC > on Tuesday, at the > >largest Pentax dealer in the DC area. They had > "one". None of the > >salespeople had ever even heard of it, and they > could not find it for > >about 5 minutes, because it was still in the back > in it's box, as they > >had never even opened it to put it on display. > Nobody knew anything > >about it. I mounted my 77 to it, and two of the > salespeople looked at > >the lens. One said, "What the heck is that?" They > had never heard of > >the limited lenses. > > > Pretty weird. I'm now in Oslo. I've seen the MZ-S > with battery grip in two > different shops. Note that those are the only shops > I've visited - there > could be more. One of them had all three Limited > lenses on display, the FA* > 85/1.4, FA* 400/5.6, FA* 24/2, FA 50/2.8 Macro + a > considerable number of > Pentax consumer zooms. I also noted that the MZ-S at > least looks better > built than anything else except the F5. The Dynax9 > and EOS-1v, which stood > on the shelves right beside it looked more > plasticky, in spite of being > metal, and overall cheaper and less well finished > regarding both surface > finish and shutline management (that is the lines > between body panels, and > for the Dynaxx9, the gap between the flash and the > body). > > > P�l > - _______________________________________________________ Build your own website in minutes and for free at http://ca.geocities.com - 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 .
