Re: MZ-S Data imprinting (WAS: RE: MZ-S Film-rewind Problem )

2001-12-13 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
Bill wrote: What are those 11 brass colored discs in my MZ-S if not data emitters? Electrical contacts to the data back. Pål - 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'

MZ-S Data imprinting (WAS: RE: MZ-S Film-rewind Problem) - SOLVED

2001-12-13 Thread paul . x . wilkinson
To anyone that's still interested! Thank you to all the people who responded to this question - very useful. Experiment: I thought I'd give a quick update based on the test I finally got round to performing: 1. Set the MZ-S NOT to fully pull a completed film back into the canister 2. Take a

Re: MZ-S Data imprinting (WAS: RE: MZ-S Film-rewind Problem) - SOLVED

2001-12-13 Thread Bruce Dayton
paul, Thanks for the extensive test. From your results, I'm guessing that Mid-roll change will work with data imprinting because the body would know how many frames it skipped. If you used the old method -fire until the right frame (kept dark of course), would probably double imprint the first

Re: MZ-S Data imprinting (WAS: RE: MZ-S Film-rewind Problem) - SOLVED

2001-12-13 Thread jbrooks
This is why the MZ-S has the dial-in the first frame number feature. If it didn't and you used the conventional lens-cap-on, 1/6000th at f/22 technique, the original imprinting would be overwritten with the above data. Regards Jim Christien Bunting [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for

Re: MZ-S Data imprinting (WAS: RE: MZ-S Film-rewind Problem) - SOLVED

2001-12-13 Thread Christien Bunting
Great!!. Another good reason to get the MZ-S :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is why the MZ-S has the dial-in the first frame number feature. If it didn't and you used the conventional lens-cap-on, 1/6000th at f/22 technique, the original imprinting would be overwritten with the above