Hey Jim. That's cool. I think you'll be suitably impressed, whether you were referring to the PZ-1p or MZ-S.
To continue you this thread, I still don't think the PZ-1/1p's lack luster sales had anything to do with the camera itself. It had more to do with: 1. The lemming-like approach to buying an SLR that is practiced by the general public (i.e. everyone says Nikon's the best so it must be best). 2. The fact that most salespeople are more interested in their wallet and will sell the highest profit, highest spiff item first. Not condemning that, they need to eat to. 3. The pitiful lack of advertising done by Pentax at the time. 4. Pentax was already so far behind the big 2 in brand recognition, the competition was just too great for a "pro"-camera body at this time. 5. I was not into AF at the time, but apparently there were not many lenses available. When I bought mine 3.5 years ago, I was originally intending to get a Nikon something or other. The N70, I just didn't like. The N90 was nice, and I was fully intending to purchase one, but no RTF and the price for a Nikon flash head was outrageous. It was then I looked at the PZ-1p and really started comparing it. Wow! And I can continue to use my MF lenses on it. IMO, it's simply impossible to get more for your money, if you're in the market for an AF body. I think we'll see the same kind of sales pattern with the MZ-S. It's already been reported as "hard to find" in stores by a number of people on this list. Items that are not stocked or not displayed, not to mention not handed to the customer, just don't sell that well. I suspect most buying it are former Pentax owners. I hope it does do well. I'd like to see at least one more high end 35mm body by Pentax. Tom C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Moniz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 2:07 AM Subject: Re: PZ-1p review > Well, you've sold me on one...I've decided that, for my purposes, it would be an excellent choice. > Jim > -- - 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 .
