I have a problem with the interface on my lenses. Whenever I throw them in the trunk of my car without the lens caps, the glass gets dirty. Should I switch to N* or C* to get better quality?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Pål Audun Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 06 February 2002 08:36 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Take two MZ-S's and call me when you get back > > > I had actually decided to stay out of this thread due to the > fact that it > is too silly, but since others have indeed made a thread out of it... > If I remember correctly (excuse me if I'm wrong) the original > poster have > also claimed that you need two hands to turn the main dial > and three hands > for changing AF point. > My MZ-S have spent weeks shaking around in my Zodiac > inflatable in 40 knot > speed - vibrations enough to shake the filling out of your > teeth, without > ever experiencing that the switches were accidentally > activated. I've used > both a tight fitting bag for it and a loose fitting one. > Only once have I found the camera in the bag accidentally > turned on. To > this day I don't know whether I forgot to turn it off or it > happened when I > put the camera into the bag. Anyway, it has turned out to not > be a problem. > It is not easy to release the shutter while metering. In > fact, the shutter > release is designed to avoid this problem. It has the same > shutter release > feel as the Pentax 67II. There are no modern camera, and > damned few old > ones, that has a shutter release that are less sensitive for > accidental > exposure. It represent a great progress from the Z-1p, not to > mention the > LX with motor drive. In fact, every interface operation with > the MZ-S is > extraordinarily firm. > > > Pål > > > > > Joe: > > >Here's my experience taking two MZ-S's for fieldwork in Africa and > >Europe, and carrying them in a backpack: > > > >1. The cameras turn themselves on. (Well, actually, the on/off switch > >seems regularly to hit something in the pack that switches the camera > >on.) > > > >2. They switch the metering mode (same reason). > > > >3. They switch exposure mode. Again, same reason. This was a > cute trick. > >I thought one body was broken when it wouldn't advance the > film. Looking > >more closely I found that the camera had set itself to multiple > >exposures. > > > >It seems odd that a camera discussed here as tougher than previous > >models should need to be protected from its own design. > > > >I also found that (a) I tend to inadvertently switch the > camera off when > >I am in the middle of taking several shots, and (b) the > shutter switch > >is too sensitive, so that I would take shots when all I > wanted to do was > >autofocus. Previously I wondered what the separate autofocus switch > >(under my nose) was for. In three weeks of use, I found that > I couldn't > >adjust to these problems. > - > 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 . - 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 .
