What do you mean by optical sprocket system. Has to be some mechanical system regardless of the registration method. Has to have belts, cogs, gears or something similar. Using optics to count the number of sprocket holes has nothing to do with the film winding mechanism except to precisely align each frame. Kent Gittings
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeff Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 11:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MZ-S; Built to last My Ricoh XR-X uses an optical sprocket system to advance the film. Less moving parts. No cogs, no belts. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pål Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 11:36 AM Subject: Re: MZ-S; Built to last > Shel wrote: > > > More precise than what? > > > More precise than 18 cogs. For the same reasing they using timing belts on car engines. > The dataimprinting damand a precise film transport. > > >Where might I see a diagram or drawing of > > this? > > MZ-S service manuals perhaps? > > Pål > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
