From: mike wilson
John Sessoms wrote:
> From: "Dario Bonazza"
>
>> John Sessoms wrote:
>>
>>> > At this point, I don't know if I'll bother, since someone also
>>> wrote that > the PZ-1p is NOT the model that puts the date in between
>>> the frames, that > it puts the date in the image.
>>> >
>>> > But I do appreciate all the help.
>>> >
>>> > I wonder why Pentax didn't include information about it in the manual?
>>
>>
>> Because the date back was optional and not standard equipment. Some
>> models were factory-equipped with a date back in the Japanese home
>> marklet only.
>>
>> Dario
>
>
> I understand that, but shouldn't the data back at least have been
> mentioned in the PZ-1p manual on page 111 with the other accessories?
I am suprised at your apparent lack of familiarity with camera manuals.
Usefulness is, emphatically, not one of their design features.
I come at it partly from having once been the tech support guy at the
other end of the phone line, where it's a cliché that most problems
would never be problems if only the end user would only RTFM.
And from the military where everything is always BY THE BOOK.
The answer is ALWAYS in the TM; the Training Manual ... dash 10 (-10)
for the operator's instructions & dash 20 (-20) for unit level
maintenance procedures.
If it's not in the -10 or the -20 for the end item (e.g. HMMWV), there's
a reference section to tell you which series of manuals cover the
component part (e.g. manuals for the radios that go IN the HMMWV)
OR
There's a way to submit real world corrections to be incorporated in the
TM in the next update.
Because of that, I'm prone to undue optimism about finding information
in user manuals, and expect them to at least point me towards where the
answer can be found if it's not actually in the manual.
I tend to forget sometimes that the real world hasn't quite got itself
organized yet.
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