No, I have a PZ-1, and a MS-Z and recently gave my (now) daughter-in-law my
old PZ-20. I use the power zoom all the time and think it the bee's knees,
but most people think its a power hog and not much else. I never have used
the functions for zoom tracking on the PZ-1 though. Tried it once and it
didn't seem to work all that well.
J.W.L.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "pentax-discuss" <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 3:02 PM
Subject: Orphaned Power Zoom Lenses
The list has been consumed with passionate debates about "green button
wars" and camera engineering, nobody has mentioned a MAJOR lack of support
for a key feature that Pentax pioneered! What am I talking about? Power
Zoom, of course!
It was bad enough when Pentax released their new top-end MZ-S without
supporting Image-Size Tracking, Zoom Clip, and Zoom Effect capabilities.
Pentax did at least include Power Zoom contacts in the MZ-S so that the
power zoom capability in certain FA and FA* zoom lenses didn't completely
go to waste.
Unfortunately, Pentax has fully abandoned their many FA and FA* power zoom
owners with the *ist-D and *ist-Ds. Wouldn't it have been ridiculously
easy to include power zoom contacts?
So now I have two FA* lenses with Power Zoom motors that may never be
exercised again. Am I the only voice crying in the wilderness, or does
someone else out there miss Power Zoom?
