They're running $5-600 for a copy in good condition, about double the cost of an F100 or EOS 3 and almost 3x the cost of a Minolta 7, all of which are more capable bodies of similar vintage.
I suspect this has a lot to do with availability, as far as I'm aware, MZ-S bodies were never produced in great numbers, and even Minolta 7's are far more common (Although that's the only recent Minolta you can really say that for). -Adam On 12/9/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If a used MZ-S is expensive, then I'm wrong. I thought they had become > somewhat disposable. I've never wanted one. Well, maybe for a minute or two > when they were first released. But prior to digital, I was shooting primarily > MF for a couple years. If I wanted to shoot 35mm, it was the LX or my Barnack > Leica. > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The MZ-S is the only Pentax 35mm film body I've not owned that I'd be > > actually tempted to get. Too bad the prices are still ridiculous (Good > > body, but it's priced similar to far more capable bodies of similar > > vintage. An EOS 1v or F5 it is not). > > > > -Adam > > > > > > On 12/9/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Interesting. It suggests that we aren't likely to part with our > > > Spotmatics, > > but MZ-S and other recent models? Put 'em on ebay. > > > Paul > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Hear it is, kids, the results you don't want to see from a survey you > > > > didn't > > > > want to have...... > > > > > > > > I will keep score for a while longer, but the replies are slowing enough > > > > that I thought I'd post what I have... > > > > > > > > Fourty seven people decided to partake in this thing, and they have 302 > > > > Pentax 35mm and or 120 film cameras sitting in disuse. > > > > For the sake of making this fairly easy to do, I didn't break it down by > > > > camera model in every instance, but if there was a flagship at the top > > > > of > > > > the heap, I listed it seperately. > > > > I didn't bother to break down small variation changes that caused a > > > > letter > > > > to be appended to the name. Hence the PZ1 and PZ1p are in the same > > > > section. > > > > > > > > Here's the list: > > > > > > > > 5 S/H series > > > > 41 Spotmatic (all variants) > > > > 27 K series > > > > 36 ME series > > > > 25 Program plus / Super Program > > > > 33 LX > > > > 36 MX > > > > 15 P series > > > > 2 A3000 > > > > 7 SF series > > > > 6 PZ-20 > > > > 18 Z-1/PZ-1/p > > > > 17 MZ series > > > > 12 MZ-S > > > > 2 *ist > > > > 9 645 > > > > 11 6X7 > > > > > > > > Have fun > > > > > > > > William Robb > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow > > > > the directions. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > > follow > > the directions. > > > > > > > > > -- > > M. Adam Maas > > http://www.mawz.ca > > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow > > the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
