Skip, Why not go to the Pentax Canada web site, get their "help" e-mail address and see if they have what you need. The Pentax cameras Canada distributes carry the same lettering as Europe and Japan. DG At 01:04 AM 5/23/01 -0400, you wrote: >Well, thanks for responding with info about Boz's site, which I'm well >familiar with. But it's no help. Actually, the spec's I'm questioning below >are based on data I originally got from Boz's site. It's there where he >(Boz) states that the PZ-5 camera's changeable options, (unlike the PZ-1), >can only be changed by an authorized factory rep. (And that's what I'm >questioning...) If no one in the PDML does not know anything about this >camera, I guess I'll have to try Pentax America again. If they won't help >me, perhaps they can give me a foreign Pentax contact who can...? >Skip > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "dosk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 3:07 PM >Subject: PZ-5 > > > > Does anyone on this list know anything about the Pentax PZ-5? (Not the >ZX-5, > > but the Euro-version-only PZ-5, which was never sold new in the States.) >I'm > > thinking of getting one, but I do have some questions I'd like to ask >first > > before I do so. > > I'm mostly concerned about the changable options. (Such as spot metering > > instead of CWt'ed, rewind film leader out or in, etc...) On the PZ-1(p) > > these can easily be changed by the camera owner. But specs for the PZ-5 >say > > these options there can only be changed by an authorized factory rep. So > > what happens if the body I get is not set up with the options I prefer? >Who > > could change it, as Pentax of America says this is not their camera and >they > > won't support it? (They won't even supply me with a manual for it; it's as > > if for them this camera doesn't exist. Which I find a bit strange...) > > > > Any responses here would be greatly appreciated. I did notice on the >Pentax > > owners list that one person there owns a PZ-5. If that person is still > > around perhaps they could clue me in on this camera. (And, of course, >anyone > > else who's also knowledgable about it...) > > > > Remember though, it's not the ZX-5, or the ZX-5n. > > It's PZ-5. > > Peace, > > Skip > > > >- >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 .
