IIRC (and I may be wrong) it was the AF motors that failed - but there were only a couple of cases and it was some time ago - no new occurrences reported on the list. Looks like Pentax has got it right. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
-----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: Raimo Korhonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Päivä: 04. tammikuuta 2002 18:37 Aihe: Re: Vs: Vs: Re[2]: MZ5 and MZ5n Z1p Question >Raimo, > >Don't know for sure, but based on reports on the list here for the >past several years, I would say that the PZ-1p is more reliable on >motors. There have been multiple reports of ZX-5's failing on film >transport and I have yet to hear of any PZ-1p's. My guess is that the >ZX series motors are cheaper and lighter - has nothing to do with >better reliability, only worse. > > >Bruce Dayton > > > >Friday, January 04, 2002, 9:08:00 AM, you wrote: > >RK> Maybe the PZ-1p has more torquey motor(s) - it has more FPS, too. But does it >really affect reliability - only time and prolonged use will tell. Maybe the MZ >series has less torque to improve >RK> longevity, who knows? >RK> Does the PZ-1p have one motor just for rewind? IIRC the Canon T-90 had 3 motors. >Many cameras have only one. >RK> All the best! >RK> Raimo >RK> Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen > >RK> -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- >RK> Lähettäjä: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >RK> Vastaanottaja: Raimo Korhonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >RK> Päivä: 04. tammikuuta 2002 1:00 >RK> Aihe: Re: Vs: Re[2]: MZ5 and MZ5n Z1p Question > > >>>Raimo, >>> >>>Yes, but have you been using bulk rolled film? It doesn't roll in and >>>out of the cannister as smoothly as the manufacturers stuff. I have >>>several ZX's and had 2 PZ-1p's. When winding and rewinding, the PZ-1p >>>tends to pull without any change in motor speed (pitch). The ZX's >>>however, tend to go up and down quite noticeably during rewind on bulk >>>rolled film. Plastic cannisters are even worse than metal ones. So I >>>am saying that the power-torque (not speed) of the PZ-1p is better >>>than the ZX's. My current MZ-S's seem better than the ZX series, but >>>not quite as strong as the PZ-1p. >>> >>>Hope this clears things up. >>> >>> >>>Bruce Dayton - 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 .
