Re: Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question

2002-09-25 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
Michel Carrère-Gée a écrit: > Tim Preston a écrit: > >> On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 08:10:30PM +0100, Kristian Walsh wrote: >> >> Thanks for the answers. >> >> >> . >> >> On a slightly different tack, does anyone know if the IR remote for the >> BG-10 actually exists. This was a surprise featur

Re: Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question

2002-09-25 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
Tim Preston a écrit: >On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 08:10:30PM +0100, Kristian Walsh wrote: > >Thanks for the answers. > > >. > >On a slightly different tack, does anyone know if the IR remote for the >BG-10 actually exists. This was a surprise feature to me and seems like >a good idea, but I've

Re: Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question

2002-09-25 Thread Tim Preston
On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 08:10:30PM +0100, Kristian Walsh wrote: Thanks for the answers. > Mine has that "halo", but only on negative film; on transparency film > it's perfectly sharp. So it seems mine isn't the only one that does this. With PF15 set to 1 I've got this smudge on Fuji Superia 1

RE: Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question

2002-09-24 Thread Rob Brigham
Shouldn't you set this PF to 1, so that the camera automatically adjusts for the film speed? That's what I do, and I get no ghosting problems that I know of. > -Original Message- > From: John Coyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > For your problem, set the data imprinting intensity, funct

RE: Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question

2002-09-23 Thread John Coyle
Welcome Tim - this can be a really good group, if a little intense at times! For your problem, set the data imprinting intensity, function 15, at a lower level - I have mine set to 3 at the moment, and for 400ASA film this is too high. Basically, the data imprinting led's are creating flare i

Re: Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question

2002-09-23 Thread Brad Dobo
but definitely more difficult without it and especially without good light. Brad Dobo - Original Message - From: "Tim Preston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 1:25 PM Subject: Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question &g

Re: Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question

2002-09-23 Thread Kristian Walsh
Mine has that "halo", but only on negative film; on transparency film it's perfectly sharp. -- Kristian On Monday, Sep 23, 2002, at 19:11 Europe/Dublin, Pål Jensen wrote: > Tim wrote: > >> The imnprinting seems to be surrounded by a sort of 'halo' or smudge >> which >> tends to make it very

Re: Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question

2002-09-23 Thread Pål Jensen
Tim wrote: > The imnprinting seems to be surrounded by a sort of 'halo' or smudge which > tends to make it very difficult to read. Is this normal, or has my > camera got some sort of fault in the imprinting device? Mine does not have a halo. It's very easy to read. Try a different film to make

Re: Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question

2002-09-23 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi Tim, on 23 Sep 02 you wrote in pentax.list: >First of all, being new here, I'd Just like to say hello =) Welcome! >The imnprinting seems to be surrounded by a sort of 'halo' or smudge which >tends to make it very difficult to read. Is this normal, or has my >camera got some sort of fault in

Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question

2002-09-23 Thread Tim Preston
First of all, being new here, I'd Just like to say hello =) I've been using an SF-7 for a number of years that I bought secondhand as a camera that could do a reasonable job of point & shoot yet would let me twiddle with everything. It did the job I asked it to do. Now I've bought myself an MZ-