Mark Cassino wrote:
>
> I missed that Peter Burian wrote that review. It's funny because as I read
> it I thought that it was written by someone who was a Pentax user, but
> based on Burian's rec.photo posts I don't think Pentax would be his first
> choice of major brands. Though, to his credit
Mark Cassino wrote:
> I ran into a Canadian mag called "Photo Life" yesterday, and their
> reveiw of the Mz-S is also downright positive - even more positive
> than the review in Practical Photography.
>
Peter Burin, who wrote the review in Photo Life, also did a brief review
in Shutterbug as pa
You forgot -
"Excellent performance for a camera (or lens) of this class."
- MCC
At 09:29 PM 8/19/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Still waiting to see what Popular Photography has to say about it, thoguh.
>
>"A fine camera and well worth considering if it's in
Pål Jensen writes:
> It seems that Pentax have hit the hard-core Pentax base with this one...
Yeah it's on my list, after the 67II kit and the rest of the Limited lenses. By
the time I can afford it the Limited camera will be out and I'll buy that instead :)
Cheers,
- Dave
David A. Mann,
>My Pentax rep told me it sold surprisingly well. However, they didn't
>expect great sales to start with so
I believe it's because most Pentax users have been lusting for a well built
AF body for more than 10 years. And at last...
regards,
Alan Chan
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Just yesterday I read the review in Practical Photography. It was quite
positive, just faulting the price as rather high. Perhaps this has
something to do with the sales.
Joe
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Frits wrote:
> Perhaps that is it! Perhaps Pål has a hearing loss of high pitch sounds. I
> have that a bit as well, so this is a good camera for me.
Yeah, I might have been guilty of listening to too much progressive rock at high
volume.
Pål
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> I'm thinking that it is the pitch, which is higher than the PZ-1p, that
> seems loud when in fact, it is really quite reasonable.
Perhaps that is it! Perhaps Pål has a hearing loss of high pitch sounds. I
have that a bit as well, so this is a good camera for me. Except the General
Director think
> >I suspect this is a combination of the time
> > taken for data imprinting and the difference in winder speeds.
>
>
> But isn't dataimpinting done while the camera rewind the film?
>
> Pål
I didn't think so. I'll have a look at my roll of film with the
overlapping frames when I get home
John wrote:
>I suspect this is a combination of the time
> taken for data imprinting and the difference in winder speeds.
But isn't dataimpinting done while the camera rewind the film?
Pål
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Alin wrote:
>How many seconds from minimum distance to infinity?
>:o/
Hrmmpffbenchmarking AF performance by measuring time from infinity to close
focusing with the lens cap on has very little to do with true AF performance. By this
measure the FA* 200/4 Macro is the fastest focusi
Robert wrote:
> One MZ-S feature nobody has mentioned yet is the time lag between
> pressing the shutter release and the shutter actually firing. How does
> it compare to the LX, say, which is extremely fast?
I don't really know or notice. The camera is so silent that you hardly hear anything
Alan wrote (about MZ-S):
AC> ...AF was
AC> not particular fast either (FA50/1.4). It feels small and solid however.
How many seconds from minimum distance to infinity?
:o/
Servus, Alin
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>Its very quiet all over, but particularly the mirror. Don't know how it
>compares to the Nikon F80 but its several magnitudes quieter than the LX
>and the Z-1p. It sounds like a Pentax zoom P&S compact camera.
>Rewind is also quiet. The Z-1p noise, and particularly the rewind noise,
>scares aw
Pal:
One MZ-S feature nobody has mentioned yet is the time lag between
pressing the shutter release and the shutter actually firing. How does
it compare to the LX, say, which is extremely fast?
Bob Harris
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Bruce wrote:
>Pål, are you
> saying the film transport is ultra quiet or the combination of mirror,
> shutter and transport is ultra quiet?
Its very quiet all over, but particularly the mirror. Don't know how it compares to
the Nikon F80 but its several magnitudes quieter than the LX and the
Len wrote:
>Maybe the only way for you to find out would be to listen to
>some other MZ-S's to make a direct comparison.
>
>Perhaps the differences in sound being reported can be
>attributed in part to differences in hearing. One person says
>it's high-pitched and loud and another says it's very
une 28, 2001 7:28 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: MZ-S sales
>
> On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Pål Jensen wrote:
>
> > Chris
> >
> > > It looks like a nice little camera, but it's *noisy*. The shutter
> sounds
> > > wheezy, like an old
Chris Brogden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Pål Jensen wrote:
>> > It looks like a nice little camera, but it's *noisy*. The shutter sounds
>> > wheezy, like an old AE-1 in need of a lube job.
>>
>> ? Faulty sample? Mine is ultraquiet.
>
>Hard to say, as I've only seen the
On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Ken Archer wrote:
> I was in our local camera shop today and asked about the MZ-S. They
> have had one in the store that lasted about half a day at $899. The
> owner, a Nikon man, was raving about "pro-built Pentax camera."
We just got one in at the store I work at for $
I was in our local camera shop today and asked about the MZ-S. They
have had one in the store that lasted about half a day at $899. The
owner, a Nikon man, was raving about "pro-built Pentax camera."
On Wednesday 27 June 2001 19:29, you wrote:
> At 06:10 28/06/01, you wrote:
> >Anyone who kno
At 06:10 28/06/01, you wrote:
>Anyone who knows how the MZ-S is doing saleswise?
It isn't on sale everywhere yet, so I'd give it a couple of months before
it is in wide circulation before worrying about sales figures. I believe
there have already been a couple of sales here, even though we won'
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