On 28 Feb 2006 at 18:15, John Francis wrote: > That's conspiracy theory running rampant.
LOL, I'm just more pissed than usual today, I still have a fever. > The MZ-S was a one-off, high-end completion of the MZ range, designed > as the end of the film line for the advanced amateur. As such, it > made a fair amount of sense, at the time, to base a possible digital > camera on a camera that (superficially, at least) shared that design. > > If the MZ-D had made it to market, then I expect that the Pentax DSLR > lineup would look very different; we may very well have had cameras > which allowed aperture setting on the lens, as well as from the body - > the PZ cameras showed that was possible. But that's as maybe - the > MZ-D never got out the door, and the world moved on. If the first DSLR they showed featured an APS sized sensor I would have been long gone, unfortunately I fell for the carrot and I do regret it now (especially the waiting). Had I known what their plans were I would have had a great Canon system by now instead of spending up on Pentax A, FA and LTD glass. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
