On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 11:45:46AM -0500, John Sessoms wrote: > From: "P. J. Alling" > > >On 12/12/2011 8:44 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > >>>On Dec 12, 2011, at 12:40 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > >>> > >>>>On Dec 11, 2011, at 10:24 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>I take it that it's specially designed for the MZ-D, (or K-1 as > >>>>>it was rebranded by Pentax marketing in Japan or maybe somebody > >>>>>else). > >>>>What I don't understand is why the optical stabilization would not > >>>>work with film DSLRs. > >>>Bah! SLRs, not DSLRs. I hate it when my fingers are two seconds > >>>faster than my brain. > >>> > >>Film SLRs don't have power contacts for the OS or HSM. > >> > >...except for those that support power zoom. > > IDK. Is the power zoom contact on film SLRs the same one used to > power OS and/or HSM on the DSLRs? > > If so, I expect the film SLRs may be able to power OS or HSM, but > may not have all the contacts needed to control them ... like a car > with a good motor, but no steering.
My PZ-1p has exactly the same set of contacts as my K-5. The digital signals flowing over the signal path may be different, but the physical electrical interface is the same. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
