BTW, I always wondered how things might have gone if that sensor hadn't been such a bust (or they had chosen another sensor) and this camera had been produced. I can hardly blame Pentax for not making it since the company that went ahead with their version (Contax) has a horrible failure on their hands.
On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: > That's what I meant, although I did say it badly. I meant we could > have had the same ergonomics in both cameras since the MZ-S and grip > was basis the Pentax digital camera with the Phillips 6 MP FF sensor. > Here are lots of pics fro those who weren't looking at Pentax 9 years > ago: > > According to Wikipedia (which is never wrong) the film version did come first: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentax_MZ-D > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentax_MZ-S > > One look at the MZ-D prototype clearly shows its common basis with the MZ-S: > > http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/bodies/prototypes/MZ-D.html > http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/bodies/film_MZ-ZX/mzzxS.html > http://www.dpreview.com/news/0102/01021106pentaxdigitalslr.asp > > Amusingly, I began to try to find the MZ-S review in dpreview before I > realized how truly dumb that was. > > On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 2:40 PM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 01:08:48PM +0000, [email protected] wrote: >>> The funny thing is that the MZ-S was supposed to be a digital camera. >> >> No - the MZ-S was supposed to be the top-of-the-MZ-line Pentax film body. >> >> I presume you're thinking of the first planned Pentax digital camera >> (often referred to as the MZ-D), which would have shared much of the >> ergonomics and appearance of the MZ-S. But suggesting that this was >> driving the design, and the MZ-S was just a film-based offshoot, is >> questionable at best. >> >> I always loved the feel of the MZS with the grip. Sadly, I finally sold mine >> to buy the K-7. >> >> If an MZ-S with grip can fetch anything close to $1000, I may well be >> selling mine to get a K-5. I've still got a PZ-1p (and a couple of MXs) >> should I ever feel the urge to shoot film again. I prefer the control >> style of the PZ bodies (which matches the digital bodies, too) to that >> of the MZ bodies. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
