No, spot metering was on the MZ/ZX-5. What was missing was DOF preview,
exposure memory lock and, I think, automatic braketing.
DG
At 03:18 PM 3/14/01 -0500, you wrote:
>The "n" denotes a host of "new" ergonomic improvements, which were
>enthusiastically detailed in words and photographs in Popular Photography.
>Also, wasn't spot metering missing from the original MZ-5?
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>Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 16:10:39 +0200 (SAST)
>From: Pieter Nagel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: MZ-S - PZ1-p successor?
>
>On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, John Francis wrote:
>
> > That's wrong. The second (small) p in PZ-1p stands for 'panoramic'.
> > That's one of the features that differentiates the PZ-1p from the PZ-1.
>
>So what does the small n in MZ-5n stand for? The two big differences
>between MZ-5 and MZ-5n are panorama mode and DOF preview, and neither
>conjure up anython vaguely N-ish in my head.
>
>MZ-5 "new"?
>
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