No not the QR plates, they are listed in the English brouchure Link:
http://www.pentax.co.jp/japan/product/catalog/pdf/mz-s.pdf page14/15 in print. See if you can read it, or make out the pictures. I can do neither. Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 4:59 AM Subject: Re: Pentax Japan > If you mean the QS-??, they are quick release plates and adaptor for tripod. > If I remember correctly, they are identical to the Kenko products in Japan. > Kenko ballheads are quite popular there. > > regards, > Alan Chan > > >Does anyone here read Japanese? I think from the Pentax Europe I got a > >link > >to Japan, not the true Pentax Japan site, but Japanese still. I pulled up > >a > >PDF document. The big brochure for the MS-S. It was identical but for 2 > >things (as far as layout and pictures) I have a copy here I was comparing > >it to. One was the cover, it showed the silver version. The other was near > >the back, page 15 for me. I couldn't make them out, but there were more > >accessories for the MZ-S there, three black things, I don't know what they > >were, but they did not appear in the English one I have. Frustrating, if > >they want to make money, I buy the new stuff from them, and they don't want > >to make it available to me, silly business sense, IMHO. > > > >It is interesting browsing the sites, clicking at random. Some neat > >pictures. Saw a gold LX with a gold 50mm lens. Killer on the eyes if used > >outdoors I'd imagine! They have so many more interesting and potential > >products on these Japanese sites. I wish I was able to read them. > >Babelfish doesn't work well with photographic terms, and not at all when > >the > >Japanese characters are an image file(s). > > > >Anyone care to comment? > > > >Brad > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > >