Re: More UPS bashing: Re: Purchasing a second body

2004-03-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Chris Brogden" Subject: Re: More UPS bashing: Re: Purchasing a second body > On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, graywolf wrote: > > > There the package was sitting directly under the doorbell button that > > apparently it was too much

Re: Purchasing a second body

2004-03-16 Thread Nick Clark
I'd second the nomination of the MZ/ZX 5n/5 as they have virtually the same layout as your existing camera. Nick

Re: More UPS bashing: Re: Purchasing a second body

2004-03-16 Thread graywolf
Bill will like this story which supports his view of UPS. I ordered something fairly cheap that I could not buy locally. The only way they would ship was UPS 2nd Day Air, just about doubled the cost. Anyway I went to the UPS tracking site to see about what time UPS would deliver it, and it said

Re: Purchasing a second body

2004-03-15 Thread ernreed2
Alan Chan posted: > How about pink colour LIMITED for ladies? YESH! sez this lady (at least, I hope to pretend to be a lady sometimes) ERN

Re: Purchasing a second body

2004-03-15 Thread Alan Chan
How about pink colour LIMITED for ladies? Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan Pentax's marketing strategy has been revealed. Now they have to think up something else. Way to go John. _ http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&p

Re: Purchasing a second body

2004-03-15 Thread Alan Chan
Another world 1st I supposed? Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan They were hoping you'd buy four. John _ STOP MORE SPAM with the MSN Premium and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&

Re: Purchasing a second body

2004-03-15 Thread John Forbes
They were hoping you'd buy four. John On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 14:39:43 -0800, Alan Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It is quite common to have 2 names for some Pentax cameras, but 4??? What were they thinking? Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan Let it be clear , MZ-6, ZX-L, ZX-6, and M

RE: More UPS bashing: Re: Purchasing a second body

2004-03-15 Thread frank theriault
H... That would work on t-shirts, Bill. You'd sell a boatload of 'em. -frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dreaming of a UPS free world.

Re: Purchasing a second body

2004-03-15 Thread Keith Whaley
Thanks, Peter. I actually "knew" that, but it didn't pop up when I was thinking about the various names. A minor retrieval problem...faulty RAM, you know. keith Peter J. Alling wrote: It's the MZ-6 in Europe. Many of your nomenclature questions can be answered here: http://www.bdimitrov.de/

Re: Purchasing a second body

2004-03-15 Thread Peter J. Alling
nday, 15 March 2004 7:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Purchasing a second body Find a ZX/MZ-L It suits your need very nicely... I'd second that. For example if you have FG battery grip it will fit MZ-6 (ZX-L, MZ-L - same camera, different names). Other than that, this is the la

Re: Purchasing a second body

2004-03-15 Thread ernreed2
Morgan said: > I've owned a ZX-M for about three years now and suddenly decided that I > wanted to be able to do rear-curtain sync flash photography. ... > I learned of all the merits of the AF-500 FTZ flash unit. So, I purchased > it online (used, at half the price). > > Imagine my surprise w

Re: Purchasing a second body

2004-03-15 Thread mapson
At 03:51 AM 15/03/2004 -0800, you wrote: Good info - thanks! Re the cost, is there some built-in tax or other DIS-advantage to buying that camera in OZ, vs. the U.S.? Other than currency exchange numbers? What _would_ the MZ-6 cost in OZ? keith I cannot comment on this particular camera, as I

Re: Purchasing a second body

2004-03-15 Thread Keith Whaley
om: Keith Whaley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 15 March 2004 9:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Purchasing a second body I'm going to leave a little more of the previous messages than I usually do, for continuity. I'm a little confused here. Has to do with camera body

RE: Purchasing a second body

2004-03-15 Thread Trevor Bailey
. Hooroo. Regards, Trevor Grafton OZ -Original Message- From: Keith Whaley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 15 March 2004 9:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Purchasing a second body I'm going to leave a little more of the previous messages than I usually do, for con

Re: Purchasing a second body

2004-03-15 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Let it be clear , MZ-6, ZX-L, ZX-6, and MZ-L are different names of the same body. I've no idea where is natural habitat of each of these names, but the body is the same. Boris

Re: Purchasing a second body

2004-03-15 Thread Keith Whaley
r dead. Anybody want to buy a MZ-7 ? :-) Hooroo. Regards, Trevor Grafton, OZ -Original Message- From: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 15 March 2004 7:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Purchasing a second body Find a ZX/MZ-L It suits your need very nicely... I

RE: Purchasing a second body

2004-03-15 Thread Trevor Bailey
urchasing a second body Hi! >Find a ZX/MZ-L >It suits your need very nicely... I'd second that. For example if you have FG battery grip it will fit MZ-6 (ZX-L, MZ-L - same camera, different names). Other than that, this is the last modern Pentax that is compatible with all lenses and

Re: Purchasing a second body

2004-03-15 Thread Alan Chan
You might also consider the PZ-1p/Z-1p. US$300 will buy you a mint one. Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan _ Add photos to your messages with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa

Re: Purchasing a second body

2004-03-15 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Find a ZX/MZ-L It suits your need very nicely... I'd second that. For example if you have FG battery grip it will fit MZ-6 (ZX-L, MZ-L - same camera, different names). Other than that, this is the last modern Pentax that is compatible with all lenses and seems to have most of flash automati

RE: Purchasing a second body

2004-03-14 Thread Andy Chang
Find a ZX/MZ-L It suits your need very nicely... Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Morgan Cooper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 3:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Purchasing a second body Hello everyone! This is my first post to the list so please excuse

Purchasing a second body

2004-03-14 Thread Morgan Cooper
Hello everyone! This is my first post to the list so please excuse any "dumbness" on my part... I've owned a ZX-M for about three years now and suddenly decided that I wanted to be able to do rear-curtain sync flash photography. Since I knew nothing about flash photography in general, I went