> > It looks like I have a lot of reading to do. I just > bought my friend's PZ-1P. From the initial inspection > it appears to be a robust, capable camera.
It is. For many things it's the most capable automatic camera that Pentax offer. As a recent thread discussed the MZ-S can surpass it in some areas, but quite a lot of MZ-S owners have held on to their PZ-1p as well