RE: Thoughts on a film flagship

2002-10-19 Thread gfen
On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, Shaun Canning wrote: > $201. Too rich for my tastes, now..

Re: Thoughts on a film flagship

2002-10-19 Thread Brad Dobo
> Your camera won't be any less featured when something else comes out that > costs more. The only thing that it'll lack is being "top of the line," but > chances are, anyone and everyone you see isn't going to know that, unless > you say, "hi, i'm brad and this is my TOP OF THE LINE slr" when you

RE: Thoughts on a film flagship

2002-10-19 Thread Malcolm Smith
Paul Stenquist wrote: > Who will get his DSLR in a couple of years when they start showing up on > ebay for five hundred bucks. As will I for the same reasons. Malcolm

Re: Thoughts on a film flagship

2002-10-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
Brad Dobo wrote: > which was developed first? > The real MZ-S as a 35mm SLR or the 'MZ-D' that when abandoned, was converted > to film? The MZ-S and MZ-D were introduced at about the same time as two seperate projects. The MZ-D wasn't converted to film. >I'm also afraid of my existing lens no

RE: Thoughts on a film flagship

2002-10-19 Thread Shaun Canning
: Thoughts on a film flagship On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Brad Dobo wrote: > Why am I increasing aware that I got suckered when purchasing my MZ-S? How would you have been "suckered?" You paid your money, you got your camera. At the time, it was a fine piece of equipment, with nothing above

Re: Thoughts on a film flagship

2002-10-18 Thread Brad Dobo
I know, it's odd, and it doesn't make much or any sense. But wellneither does Pentax either :) Brad Dobo - Original Message - From: "Treena Harp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 2:05 AM Subject: Re: Th

Re: Thoughts on a film flagship

2002-10-18 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Doug Brewer Subject: Re: Thoughts on a film flagship > Why? Did it suddenly stop working when Pål posted about the rumored new > flagship? > > > At 12:52 PM 10/18/02 -0400, Brad wrote: > > > >Why am I increasing aware that I got suc

Re: Thoughts on a film flagship

2002-10-18 Thread Doug Brewer
Why? Did it suddenly stop working when Pål posted about the rumored new flagship? At 12:52 PM 10/18/02 -0400, Brad wrote: Why am I increasing aware that I got suckered when purchasing my MZ-S?

Re: Thoughts on a film flagship

2002-10-18 Thread Artur Ledóchowski
- Original Message - From: "Glen O'Neal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Thoughts on a film flagship > Personally I really love my PZ1-p. It has all the features I want and need. > I would love to see an upgraded version with a faster more accurate > mu

RE: Thoughts on a film flagship

2002-10-18 Thread Rob Brigham
You better re-read that sentence. I know what you mean, but the English doesn't make sense! > -Original Message- > From: Glen O'Neal [mailto:goneal@;kc.rr.com] > Sent: 18 October 2002 18:06 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Thoughts on a film flagship &g

RE: Thoughts on a film flagship

2002-10-18 Thread Glen O'Neal
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Thoughts on a film flagship Realistically Pentax's immanent film flagship may be it's last high-end film camera. It seems it might go more in the high-tech direction (PZ-1p, Maxxum 7) or, alternatively, in the lower tech - an LX w/ AF sort of thing. O

Re (2): Thoughts on a film flagship

2002-10-18 Thread Robert Soames Wetmore
Why am I increasing aware that I got suckered when purchasing my MZ-S? [Brad Dobo] You didn't get suckered - the MZ-S is a beautiful camera. But perhaps you are alluding to the fact that it may not be a long-term flagship but, rather, as some of us have speculated, a kind of stop-gap camera ne

Thoughts on a film flagship

2002-10-18 Thread Robert Soames Wetmore
Realistically Pentax's immanent film flagship may be it's last high-end film camera. It seems it might go more in the high-tech direction (PZ-1p, Maxxum 7) or, alternatively, in the lower tech - an LX w/ AF sort of thing. Or could it, like the Maxxum 9 and to some extent the MZ-s, hit both poi