Pål Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mark wrote: > >> easier to switch >> from 2-second mirror lock-up self-timer to standard 10-second self-timer (no >> need to go through Pentax Functions to do so); > >That depends.
We, no it doesn't, actually; that statement stands as true without depending on anything. >Its true if you never turn off the camera and/or take every other image with >mirror-lock and every other with self-timer. The fact is that each time you >turn off the Z-1p it forgets the mirror lock setting and have to scroll trhough >the manues to set it again. This is not less time consuming than setting custom >functions on the MZ-S. (Lets not comlicate matter by involving the user setting >on the Z-1p; then you are locked to a certain metering mode, drive mode and >exposure mode as well). >However, very few use self-timer very often. If you use one setting or the other, >self-time or mirror-lock, the MZ-S is far faster to set; just a flip of the switch. >Personally, I never use self-timer but almost always mirror lock. I rarely use the self-timer because it's such a pain to do so on the MZ-S. In fact, whenever I think I'm going to be using the self-timer I get out the PZ-1p. >On the MZ-S all I have to do is flip the switch or letting it stay permanently in >the Mirror-lock/seltimer position, whereas on the Z-1p I had to scroll through the >meny on every shot which was a true hassle. And how do you set the setting on the >Z-1p when mounted on a tripod at eye-hight? Its impossible because you can't see a >thing! Yep. This is true of almost all 35mm cameras, though. Except the MZ-S ;-) >Landscape shooting session with the Z-1p camera was hell on earth. Getting into hyperbole here. I find the MZ-S preferable for landscapes but hardly think using the PZ-1p is "hell on earth" for that kind of thing. That't be a Hassleblad ;-) -- 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 .
