I think Raimo was saying that having to write down the film number is the
useless feature - you can just as easily write down the first unexposed
frame number. Also in the quotes someone posted about the Minolta Dynax I
saw nothing that suggested that the camera remembers which frame to go to as
I suspect is also the case with the MZ-S. The ability to rewind and leave
out the leader and then start exposing at a frame supplied by the user at
load time ( without firing the shutter at every frame in-between) is a very
useful feature.
I re-quote from the Dynax 9 extract:-
Mid Reload is a valuable convenience that automatically advances a partially
exposed roll to **the frame selected by the photographer**. (my asterisks)
I think everyone is reading more into this feature than the manufacturers
have actually claimed.
Peter
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> Subject: Re: Photo Expo Japan 2001 - MZ-S and FA31Ltd
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> Raimo wrote:
>
>
> >Absolutely useless feature - if you need to write down the film
> number, you could more easily write down the frame number and
> wind on to this number.
>
>
>
> So you think its easier to fit on a lens cap; set the camera in
> manual mode; choose the fastest possible shutterspeed; and then
> press the shutter release "X" number of times to reach the
> desired frame? To each his own I guess. Personally I would like
> the camera to wind by itself to the desired frame.
> Another thing that makes this far from useless is that without
> this feature, the MZ-S would double expose exposure data on
> reloaded film and also count reloaded rolls at least twice
> (depending on how many times you load it).
>
>
> Pål
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