With the PZ-1p, you can turn off auto-rewind with a PF setting (set PF 12 to 1).
Len --- -----Original Message----- From: Fred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 11:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Upgrading to auto focus > Given that I have a pretty nice suite of lenses for my Super > Program and most of the Pentax auto focus cameras are backwardly > compatible, staying with Pentax seemed natural. I also have toyed with the idea of picking up an autofocus body to experiment with (gasp! - say it ain't so, Fred), being a primarily manual focus guy so far (all of my bodies are manual focus except for a couple of collector MEF's) (and my experiments with some of the "primitive" autofocus-within-the-lens-itself lenses such as the VS1 200/3.5 and the Ricoh 50/2 don't really count). I have to admit that my autofocus interest has been piqued a bit by the ZX-5n's that my wife and my daughter-in-law now use - the ZX-5n seems like a reasonably good body, sort of like a Super Program with autofocus. Well, sort of. However, I do have some strong concerns about certain, um, er, "features" that might possibly be forced on me by some of the autofocus bodies. To me, one of the most disquieting (no pun intended) characteristics of some autofocus bodies would be the automatic rewind at the end of a roll. So, my number 1 question is: #1. Which specific past and present autofocus Pentax bodies allow the ~user~ to determine when the spent roll of film is rewound back into the cassette? (I'd most like to arrive at a list of bodies to choose from, starting with the SF1/SFX - actually, I think the SF1 does look like a pretty interesting body.) To me, using in a required-to-be-quiet environment a camera programmed to automatically rewind noisily at the end of the roll is pretty similar to using a P&S with built-in flash that can't be turned off (or that the user doesn't know how to turn off) in a "visually quiet" environment. But I digress... Fred - 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 .
