Is it just me, or does anyone else wonder if the istD has a magnesium body? The finish certainly looks like that on the MZ-S, or is this just 'clever' plastics?
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 27 February 2003 03:36 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: *ist D & Flagship SLR > > > After seeing the *ist D photos, which has some MZ-S > influence, I bet you can > see the flagship slr. Pentax will fix the MZ-S > problems....add aperature > control, the great PZ-1p hyper modes, and hyper manual. In > my opinion, the > MZ-S was close but lacked some key and unique PZ-1p features. > The lack of > aperature control on the body was inexcusable. > > Robert James > > << Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 18:13:46 -0800 > From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: KT Takeshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: *ist D photos > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Way cool! As I suspected, very PZ-1p like - they are > thumb/finger wheels rather than big dials on the ZX-5n. It > looks like the Hyper button is right next to the shutter button. >> > >
