I must say, I really liked your thinking about photography.
That turned out to be a reason for not buying MZ-S ... it is not a big
thing. What is important is ... making pictures and to that extent anything
coming in between is an obstacle to be avoided.
Once agin, I liked the thinking.
Anand
>From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Why I won't be buying an MZ-S, and other ramblings with a rant at
>the very end.
>Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 16:46:33 -0600
>
>So, with much trepidation, I went off to see the MZ-S on Friday.
>Nice camera. It seems really solid, much more so than the
>Mincanniks that it competes with. It wasn't overly large, which
>the Mincanniks most certainly are. They didn't have a battery
>grip for it, so I only got to see it with the lithioids running
>it.
>I liked where most of the buttons were, but there seems to be a
>lot of them. Having the AF fire up from a separate button is
>kind of cool, though I don't know what purpose it serves.
>Perhaps with the battery grip on, you need it. Choosing an AF
>sensor was pretty easy, though why they put the switch where the
>depth of field preview should be is beyond me. On that note, a
>camera with depth of field preview is really nice in this era of
>mindless photography. Nice touch to have it on this camera, but
>the switch is in the wrong place for me.
>I suspect I could get used to it pretty quickly, but this is one
>of those things that they should try to keep the same from
>camera to camera, and from era to era.
>The camera was very easy to use on manual and aperture preferred
>automatic, which makes me happy, as those are my preferred
>methods of choosing exposure.
>Then I ran into something called PF. PF is the noise a leaky
>tire makes. There seemed to be a lot of PF. I think I counted 20
>of them. Very inscrutable, just PF this and PF that, with no
>clue given as to what they are. Hmmm, this is not good. I recall
>this was why I didn't like the PZ-1 and it's ilk too.
>The camera seems very quiet, though very high pitched. I think I
>will take Leica to the store next week some time and see if the
>noise it makes bothers her.
>Over all, it did feel quite comfortable in my hands, but I
>didn't fall in love it.
>It is no LX in that regard.
>Perhaps I am just a Luddite, although I do like my wife's MZ-5.
>It reminds me of a Super Program with autofocus, although not a
>solidly constructed. It doesn't have PF.
>I walked into the store hoping that the MZ-S would not be a
>modernized LX. I was hoping this because I am not in a financial
>position to buy one, although I would have if I had liked it
>enough. As it was, I found the MZ-S to be a very nice camera,
>but more camera than I need in many respects, and less camera
>than I would want in a few respects.
>It is no LX replacement though.
>I think the slow drive speed will hurt it, not because it needs
>faster than 2.5 fps, but because it is eclipsed by the
>competition in this area, and we have been led to believe that
>drive speed is important.
>I was taught that it is more important to push the button at the
>right time, and that motor drives usually meant you had a shot
>taken slightly before, and slightly after the one you wanted. My
>experience with them has proven this to be true in many picture
>taking situations.
>They didn't have a new prime lens to go on it, and seemed
>dismayed when I insisted they put a prime on. The only one they
>had was a used 50mm f/1.7 (which I bought for 50 bucks, so now
>my
>wife has a prime lens for her MZ-5, but Don's photo no longer
>has a prime lens in the store).
>And they call themselves a pro shop.
>Does no one use primes any more? I noticed that all they had for
>all their cameras were zooms.
>How can you take a good picture with that little discipline? Ah
>well, that is what people want, I guess.
>Make it fast and easy, no one wants to work at it now.
>I find this very sad. People look at my pictures and say I must
>have a really good camera.
>Like as if that matters.
>I am sure Mordecai Richler had a good typewriter.
>I wonder if there is a market for a person to hire himself out
>as a vacation photographer? It seems like just one small step
>further down the road from where the market is now.
>It might be a good way to see the world.
>So I won't be buying an MZ-S. It wouldn't make me a better
>photographer. Just a lazier one. It seems an odd beast.
>Everything is there for it to be a great modern camera. It has
>lots of buttons and gizmos. It beeps. It has PF. Lots of PF.
>None of this will make better pictures. The picture is still
>between me and the subject. The camera is something in between.
>I think the less between me and the picture, the better.
>Thanks
>William Robb
>
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