Hi Joe Had to check, my memory is not what it used to be. When powered off the 28- 105 zooms back to 55mm approx. and infinity on the focus. If the power zoom feature is not engaged, well then it stays were it was left on the zoom ring, ditto when switched to manual focus.
I'm curious now about the MZ-s, not that it would bother me at all. Checked with the ZX-5n. John ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Joe Wilensky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 13:43:30 -0500 Subject: Re: Power zoom lenses > Maybe it's just the MZ-S, then? I thought I remembered this odd > dropped partial feature on the -5n as well. > > Joe > > > > although unlike the PZ-1/PZ-1p, this feature on the MZ cameras > >> doesn't also turn the lens focus to infinity when the camera is > >> turned off, which would make the lens as short as possible. > > > >The 28-105 does on both my MZ-3 and ZX-5n. > > > >John > > -- > > Joe Wilensky > Editor, Cornell Chronicle > Cornell News Office > 312 College Ave. > Ithaca, NY 14850 > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (607) 255-3630 phone/voice mail > (607) 255-5373 fax > > http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle.html ------- End of Original Message -------