On Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at 08:34 PM, William Robb wrote:
> The problem is with the build quality. The MZ series cameras are > not up to the build standard of the limited lenses. > The MZ-S most certainly is, but they are not marketing them in a > complementary finish. > > William Robb > Hi Bill, Let me acknowledge upfront that my experience is very limited�I've seen zero MZ-S in the flesh and my US champagne-silvery 77 and Cesar's similarly finished 77 and 31 are the only limited lenses I've ever seen in person. The US Ltd lenses' color matches the color on my two tone ZX-5n nicely. From the photos I've seen, they look oddly out of sync with any of the black bodies I've seen them on, from the PZs to the LXs to the US MZ-S. Apparently, however, the Japanese market has both black and two-tone MZ-S bodies available, in addition to the black lenses and the champagne-silvery finish our Ltd's are limited to. The black Ltd lenses were designed to match the Black MZ-S and the two-tone MZ-S is the body the champagne-silvery Ltd lenses match up to. The screw-up appears to belong to management, whoever decided which products would be available in which countries outside the Japanese market. I don't know if the blame belongs to Pentax Japan or in the regional Pentax organizations. It does seem like the kind of problem the average 5 year old could solve with relatively little effort. Why it hasn't happened after this long is a mystery to me. The people designing and making the gear are top-notch and the people responsible for getting that gear to countries outside of Japan are as far below average as the former are above. Really stupid and absurd. But I'm here for the lenses, anyway. Dan Scott
