Eric,
The manual selection (progression) of the shutter speeds from 1
second are 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, and 30 seconds.
With both F and FA lenses the selected aperture apears in the
viewfinder and is imprinted. And your understanding of selecting aperture
priority mode is correct.
César Matamoros II
Panama City, Florida
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Lawton [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 1:08 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: MZ-S long shutter speeds and aperture display
>
> I'm starting to look seriously at the MZ-s and I have a couple questions.
>
> Shutter speeds on the MZ-S are listed as 30 sec to 1/6000 sec and bulb. On
>
> an MZ-s can one select a long (say between 1 sec and 30 sec) shutter speed
>
> manually with the shutter speed dial? If this is true I might be able to
> reduce my need to carry a cable release to only those situations where the
>
> timing of shutter release is critical (by using the 2sec timer and mirror
> prefire). I can get timed exposures on my ZX-M up to 30 sec but only in
> aperture priority mode - sometimes that is not convenient.
>
> Also,
> With a F or FA lens mounted to the MZ-s in aperture priority or manual
> mode
> is the selected aperture shown in the viewfinder and on the data
> imprinting?
> I hope so, as I am mostly shoot in these modes. I believe I understand
>
> it correctly that aperture priority mode is only available by manually
> selecting an aperture with the aperture ring.
>
> Thanks for the help,
> The people on this list are just great.
>
> Eric Lawton
>
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