I have never seen a MZ-S real life, but it would make sense to me the writing is done during the film transport immediately after taking the exposure. Waiting to print during rewind would require the storage of the data in memory for all shots, and think about the additional hassle for mid roll changes. Printing during transport allows for a single row of LED's that need to be fired in a sequential way. A single print would require a LED matrix which would be a more costly approach I guess.
Frits Wüthrich aimcompute wrote: > Cool test Bill... and practical! > > Though I likely will never own one, it seems that imprinting at > rewind would > be problemmatic and needlessly complicated. > > Tom C. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 7:25 PM > Subject: MZ-S Data imprinting > > > > There was a thread recently about MZ-S data imprinting and > whether it was > > done at time of exposure or during rewind. I can now answer > the question. > > At work tonight, I put the MZ-S in our dark box, opened the back and > removed > > about half a roll. Stuck it in the film processor and when it > exited, the > > exposure data was where it was supposed to be. Therefore, the MZ-S > imprints > > the exposure data at the time of exposure. > > > > Bill, KG4LOV > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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 .
