Just got home from the Don's Photo show here in town. Nice little show. Representatives from Kodak, Nikon, Fuji, Canon, Leica and Pentax, among others. Didn't stop at the Canon booth. I grabbed an F100 off the Nikon table to show someone what a cow it was beside and MZ-S (much to the chagrin of the Nikon rep). Had a nice chat with the new Pentax rep. Sold a couple of girls on the Pentax brand. They were very impressed when I picked up a 20mm f/4 AF lens (NICE!!!!) and popped it onto my LX and took a picture. Apparently, you can't do that with other brands that have gone from manual focus to automatic focus. Finally got to handle the 67II. Nice rig!! They had the 50-100mm zoom on it. Quite a large rig, but well balanced. I had no issues with it. The controls were well placed and intuitive. He had the hot shoe handle on it, so it was really well balanced. They did a nice job on this camera. They also had a 645N with a few lenses. I can see what the excitement is about with this camera. It has a really nice feel to it, and works very smoothly. AF on a medium format camera is a bit weird, but certainly a nice touch. He had the 45mm and 300mm lenses for it, as well as a short zoom. I was quite impressed with the light weight of it. A great alternative to 35mm, if you want a larger negative, without a lot more camera. I spent a bit of time with the MZ-S. I am still impressed with the build. The thing exudes quality through it's pores. He also had an MZ-6 on the table, but I didn't pick it up. It looks pretty much like the rest of the MZ line. I heard the guy going over the feature list, and it sounds like a pretty impressive camera. I also saw what might well be my first digital camera. The Lisle Kelco guy had a (soon to be released) Leica Digilux I digital camera. It is a bit big, has a Leitz 2x zoom lens (I think it was 22mm to 44mm), a nice big and sharp view screen, with a flip up shade, reminiscent of a TLR shade. It also has full manual control for exposure and focus, which I liked, as well as the usual automated exposure controls. There is also a hot shoe on top, so the thing isn't tied to the built in flash. The camera is 4MP, and will have a street price of ~CAN$1400.00
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