Not that this has to do with what Val is commenting on<g>but i just got back from Henrys in North Toronto(had to buy a ball head for the company tripod) and i saw they had this for a Pentax line up; mz-m, mz-7, mz-60 and the *ist. They are selling it at $699 Canadian. Its small,looks a bit smaller than the mz-60 and cheap looking. :-(
Dave > -ist > 1. a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to > verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in > -ism, that denote a person who practices > or is concerned with something, or holds > certain principles, doctrines, etc.: > apologist; machinist; novelist; > socialist; Thomist. Compare -ISM, > -ISTIC, -IZE. > [ME -iste < L -ista < Gk -istes; in some words, > repr. F -iste, G -ist, It -ista, etc., < < L < Gk] > > > > Note the first example. > > cheers, > caveman >