Me, too. I've been away for a week in England, and I come back to find this hotbed of controversy. Just to mention, I finally got to shoot extensively (about 30 rolls) with the MZ-S. The camera worked perfectly, and I thoroughly enjoyed using it. About five rolls have stuff we needed for my daughter's Latin class project (the Roman baths at Bath) and we had them processed yesterday at the Walmart one-hour wonder. The results were wonderful, so I know the camera performed well. My standards for comparison, BTW, were an MV and a ZX-7, so the MZ-S is the best camera I have ever owned/used. Interestingly, I was in a camera shop and the guy there let me handle an F100 and an EOS-3. God, those things are HUGE compared to the MZ-S, even with the grip. Since I don't have big hands, I clearly made a good choice. As far as I'm concerned, however, they might as well simply incorporate the grip and make a bigger camera. I had plenty of battery power this way and it was still smaller than most other cameras. Please note that I'm not trying to be controversial. I've never used a PZ-1p or any of the Z series bodies. I'm just expressing my own pleasure at the performance of the MZ-S.
Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/20/02 07:26AM >>> I'm jumping into this thread very late (just having gotten back from vacation), and I know I'm taking Bill's comments out of context. I also know that we're talking about a 35mm Flagship. I just wanted to mention that Pentax makes medium format "pro" cameras. Of course, the fact that N**** and C**** don't make medium formats helps... regards, frank William Robb wrote: > > Pentax as a brand has always been an enthusiast/ hobbiest brand, > at least here in North America, since the Korean War. -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
