Do I sense a negative attitude here? It is quite unnecessary. Current electronic shutters are very durable, even the cheap ones. In a Chaser d´Images test issue (226/2000) even Pentax MZ-30 shutter managed to do 145305 cycles. In the days of mechanical shutters 50000 was respectable and 100000 absolute top. I would expect MZ-S to perform even better but at the current rate I use film I will never know. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Caveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Päivä: 21. kesäkuuta 2003 10:25 Aihe: Re: Lens Mount Progress >Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: >> On Sat, 21 Jun 2003, whickersworld wrote: >> >> >>>*Your* assumption is way off the truth, Pål. >>> >>>Try sticking to facts, because you will have a greater >>>chance of getting things right >> >> Pål is right. High durability of MZ-S shutter was mentioned in Canadian >> MZ-S brochure. And because this brochure is direct translation from >> Japanese version, I consider this info as very reliable. You can download >> this brochure here: >> http://www.pentaxcanada.com/support/brochure_download/MZ-S_eng.pdf >> Japanese version is on www.pentax.co.jp > >It also mentions impossible things like "Absolute accuracy in focusing >and metering" and "The flexibility to suit any purpose and any >photographer". For the shutter they just say "the high performance >shutter puts the emphasis on reliability and accuracy in real >situations" (which could also be read as "it performs bad in lab tests, >so we'll limit talk to "real situations" only"). No figures mentioned >like MTBF in shutter cycles. Just marketing talk (that also inspired >Paal with the "100% accurate metering" claim). > >cheers, >caveman >
