Pål Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Regardless, the dataimprinting emitter is located where the film comes >out of its casette. This means that the area of the film being exposed >has already moved past the sensor. Hence, the only way to pair up the >data and the frame exposed is during rewind when the film goes back >into the casette.
I just checked my MZ-S and the data imprinting emitter is not where the film comes out of the cassette, it's on the other side right next to the take-up spool. (The time/date imprinting emitters are on the cassette side, though, but mounted behing the film pressure plate.) So it's at least *possible* that it could do imprinting during winding, rather than rewinding. I'll check it out with the next roll I shoot. >Also, I strongly suspect that printing on wind would be practically impossible. >The MZ-S dataimprinting system works by having a Sprockett-hole detecting device >which detects that each of the sprocket holes passes a predetermined position, >and having a film moving amount detector. The latter works according to Pentax >by measuring the space between the end of the trailing edge of the last frame >to the END OF THE FILM. The end of the film is the reference and can of course >only be determined when the camera reaches it or when the film rewind is started. Wouldn't that mean you couldn't get exposure data imprinting when you only shoot part of a roll of film? -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.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 .
