A Contax Aria will set you back around 900 euro; an RX, 1400 euro; and if you feel the need, an RTS III is 2600 euro. All prices are body only. The MZ-S can be had for just under 1000 euro.
Interestingly enough, the UK magazine Amateur Photographer reviewed the new Contax NX autofocus N-mount body this month, and at the end, the reviewer cited the MZ-S as its main competitor as he felt both were aimed at the "serious enthusiast" market. The NX is cheaper, but lacks a metal body, data imprinting, multiple exposure, and the ability to couple with a Pentax Limited lens ;-) -- Kristian On Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at 02:23 pm, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > I guess "Ouch!" is subjective. Have you priced a new, plain LX lately > (there are still a few around <g>). Last year, just before officially > going out of production, they cost over $1300 in Japan, and I think that > may have been without a finder. I don't think many people realize what > a bargain the MZ-S is ... The last denizens of high-quality manual-focus > cameras were all almost twice the price of an MZ-S, or more. I don't > have figures for the Contax, but the Leicas are $2000 or so, maybe more > for the R8, Olympus prices were in the $1400 - $1600 range. Consider > the MZ-S a bargain, if that's the kind of camera you like. > > Robert Woerner wrote: > >> Can't wait to put an MZ-S in the line-up...$800.00 ouch! > > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/darkroom-rentals/index.html > - > 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 . - 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 .
