I would love to have the MZD if they could put it into production at a
reasonable price. I have the MZ-S which has got no use since getting
the ist D. But i intend to use it when spring comes..... If they made
the MZD I would love to have an MZs and MZD as my two basic cameras.
Vic
On 2-Mar-06, at 12:58 PM, Jens Bladt wrote:
I think - in the light of history - Pentax made the right choice not
to put
the MZ-D in production.
A production of the camera using the Philips sensor probably would have
killed Pentax camera division.
Perhaps they should never have gone as far as they did. It is of
course a
pity that this camera was never successfully produced.
The MZ-S is a lovely camera, although too slow for modern pro
standards.
AFAIR the anticipated price in Damnark was in the neighborhood of
10.000
USD. which is a lot. A lot too much, I believe.
The big problem was that Pentax sdid not have a Plan B, which meant a
huge
set back for their camera production. It lasted two years befor the D
came
out.
It should have lasted 6 months - tops!
Regards
Jens
Jens Bladt
http://www.jensbladt.dk
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Emne: Re: Some more new camera speculation
On 1 Mar 2006 at 17:01, John Francis wrote:
You think Pentax "screwed up". I think they took a risk, gambled
on Philips being able to deliver the chip, and lost. In hindsight
it looks like a bad decision, but presumably somebody thought the
potential gain was worth taking the risk - after all, if Pentax had
got that camera to market when they hoped what would their market
share be today? Nobody knows, but I'd bet it would be much larger.
Indeed I think Pentax "screwed up", given that all sources indicate
that
they
were having some technical difficulty with the sensor and
supply/pricing
issues
why l did they then present the thing to the public?
Rob Studdert
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