The following is from my brother who works in a high end photography store
in the San Fancisco Bay area.
>Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 23:12:21 -0800
>From: "William D. Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: MZ-S
>To: Ricahrd Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022
>
>Hi Dick,
>
>Our Pentax rep brought an MZ-S in last week. The one thing that overshadows
>all else about the camera is it's price. With a street price of $850 to
>$900, it will not sell very well. We figure, based on fell and features, it
>should be priced at about $600.
>
>The interface is cumbersome. Focus point sellection is very cumbersome. The
>top left dial, which controls exposure compensation and auto bracketing, is
>not designed so you can move the inner auto bracketing dial very well. The
>little ribs are too small and the dial's detents are too difficult to
>overcome. However, the general idea of it is good.
>
>The outer ring on the right hand dial controls the exposure modes. This is
>much like the old Maxxum 9000's exposure mode dial. But unlike the Minolta
>where you just turned the ring to select the exposure mode; with the MZ-S
>you need to push a button on the front of the camera and turn the dial to
>get away from the program mode. You then need to push the button again and
>turn the dial to get back to the program mode. This also is a bit
>cumbersome. And they seem to have abandoned the Hyperprogram mode. This was
>one of the PZ-1n's best features.
>
>But more important than any of the above, dispite it's magnesium
>construction, it feels cheap.
>
>I fear that Pentax has dropped the ball on this one.
>We'll see. If the price gets down around $500 to $600 it may succeed.
>
>Bill
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