-- -----Original Message----- -- From: Alan Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 12:06 AM -- -- >Pentax's current "flagship" - MZ-S - is, even by those on this list, -- >considered a failure. -- -- I think the MZ-S has come a little too late, just like many -- Pentax products -- in the past. If it had been released 2 years earlier, it -- might receive a -- much better welcome. Timing is critical, but Pentax don't -- seem to get it. -- They also failed to emphasis the built quality of the MZ-S -- in their ads (if -- there is any), but wrongly emphasized its features which don't draw -- attention. Not that it lacks seriously, but don't look good -- on paper when -- compared to C/M/N. It reminds me the P50/P5 which was soon -- disappeared from -- the market due to AF technology, only that we are talking -- about digital now -- (much worse situation). Adding the USM/AFS & IS/VR issues, -- Pentax has been -- living in the shadow for the last 12 years. -- -- regards, -- Alan Chan -- I can only react based on the shops I have been in. The sales clerks are the reason for not pushing the MZ-S. It is an excellent camera. Maybe it is the money given to the clerks for selling cameras, I have to ask at my shop to get a feel for that, but I don't see the sales people really pushing the Pentax SLRs. The P&S is another story...
César Panama City, Florida
