Re: Pentax's Amatuer MZ-S and LX Autofocus

2001-08-05 Thread Mark Cassino
I didn' think you were putting down the Mz-S, and I also think your concerns are justified. - MCC At 09:30 PM 8/3/01 -0500, you wrote: >Please don't get me wrong my point was never to put the MZ-S down. I love my >MZ-S. It is a perfect camera for me and I think it is every bit a >professiona

Re: Pentax's Amatuer MZ-S and LX Autofocus

2001-08-02 Thread Pål Jensen
Vic wrote: >I certainly agree that the > autofocus LX will never be made. How can one agree on such things? It will be made or not be made regardless of whether you agree or not :-) >It may be fun to speculate about what it > should or should not have but it will never be made. Theres n

Re: Pentax's Amatuer MZ-S and LX Autofocus

2001-08-02 Thread Pentxuser
In a message dated 8/2/01 6:15:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Pal writes << Absolutely not. The MZ-S is not an LX with AF. The director would never have said that they wanted to make an LX with AF if it was already made; particularly not in an article on Pentax future di

Re: Pentax's Amatuer MZ-S and LX Autofocus

2001-08-02 Thread Jostein Øksne
- Original Message - From: "Pål Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Who's going to buy battery hungry, large, auto everything slr that can shoot 5+ fps in the future? Nobody. People who want these cameras are going to go digital. Whats left in the 35mm slr field, apart from the absolute entry l

Re: Pentax's Amatuer MZ-S and LX Autofocus

2001-08-01 Thread Pentxuser
I dropped one of my LX's in three feet of running water, reached in picked it out, gt a resistor repalaced and it still works 6 year later In a message dated 7/31/01 8:52:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Based on these experiences it was a hard decision when I ha

Re: Pentax's Amatuer MZ-S and LX Autofocus

2001-08-01 Thread Pentxuser
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Re: Pentax's Amatuer MZ-S and LX Autofocus

2001-08-01 Thread Jeff Eikenberry
the more I think about it...I do have bills that need payin' ;) -Jeff - Original Message - From: Eric Lawton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 11:04 AM Subject: Re: Pentax's Amatuer MZ-S and LX Autofocus > I'

Re: Pentax's Amatuer MZ-S and LX Autofocus

2001-08-01 Thread Eric Lawton
I'm "lusting" for an MZ-S and will almost surely buy it. Tax refund is only weeks away :) Eric >From: Darryl Lafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Pentax's Amatuer MZ-S and LX Autofocus >Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 20:13:10 -0500 > ...snipped ... >Market

Re: Pentax's Amatuer MZ-S and LX Autofocus

2001-08-01 Thread Pål Jensen
Darryl wrote: > I have set on the side lines an watched the discussion about whether the > MZ-S was a professional camera and the pipe dream about an autofocus LX > long enough. Let's fact it folks MZ-S is for the most part an Amateur > camera and the LX auto focus will never happen. Not beca

Re: Pentax's Amatuer MZ-S and LX Autofocus

2001-07-31 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Nenad Djurdjevic wrote: > (Never owned an LX). Forgive me if I've got the wrong person, but wasn't it you who posted that long message about how the LX could be improved by the addition of autofocus, metering changes, built-in winder, etc. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Why should

Re: Pentax's Amatuer MZ-S and LX Autofocus

2001-07-31 Thread Nenad Djurdjevic
athersealed (and that it had a metal case). Nenad Perth, Western Australia - Original Message - From: Paul Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 10:24 AM Subject: Re: Pentax's Amatuer MZ-S and LX Autofocus > Nedad, >

Re: Pentax's Amatuer MZ-S and LX Autofocus

2001-07-31 Thread Paul Jones
ay, August 01, 2001 1:22 PM Subject: Re: Pentax's Amatuer MZ-S and LX Autofocus > Well, they actually are targetting this market. Doesn't everyone rememeber > the "Whiz Bang Technology" containing a shot of a blue 4x4 and waterfall? I > do agree that they should step

Re: Pentax's Amatuer MZ-S and LX Autofocus

2001-07-31 Thread Nicholas Wright
TECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Pentax's Amatuer MZ-S and LX Autofocus >Date: Mon, Jul 30, 2001, 9:24 PM > > Nedad, > > Thats a damn good idea, maybe they should give you a job as Marketing > Manager. :) > > Cya > - Original Message - &

Re: Pentax's Amatuer MZ-S and LX Autofocus

2001-07-31 Thread Paul Jones
Nedad, Thats a damn good idea, maybe they should give you a job as Marketing Manager. :) Cya - Original Message - From: "Nenad Djurdjevic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 11:55 AM Subject: Re: Pentax's Amatuer MZ-S