Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-24 Thread Steve Desjardins
I finally tried this. I bought my MZ-S in June of 2002 from B&H. I sat there last night dry-firing the camera but I just couldn't feel any change in the resistance of the shutter release. On the other hand, I've never had any problem using the AF without firing the shutter since the release has

Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-24 Thread mike wilson
Hi, John wrote: > My MZ-S was purchased > in September of 2001, and the shutter release is very light initially - no > more than just taking up the slack rather than pushing on it. There is then > a very definite resistance, at which it is easy to hold it while the system

Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-23 Thread jcoyle
t suggests they will not become sloppy with use. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 8:17 PM Subject: Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock) >

Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-23 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Paal wrote: > I get offended when disinformation is posted. The MZ-S does have a two step shutter > release. I have have no problems with the fact that not everybody like the >MZ-S. After > all, I've said from the day I saw the thing the first time that it wasn't for > e

Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-23 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 22.12.02 1:39, Pål Jensen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well, on my camera if press with the force you normally use, the button has a > clear stop. You need to use force to continue to release the shutter. My MZ-S > does not have soft release all the way down but it doesn't have the type of > r

Vs: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-22 Thread Raimo Korhonen
AIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Päivä: 22. joulukuuta 2002 0:09 Aihe: Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock) >Mark wrote: > >> Very weird. My MZ-S definitely does *not* have a half-way stop. >> My PZ-1p does. > >Are y

RE: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-21 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
I have been quietly watching this thread until I decided to grab my MZ-S and try it out because I have never accidently fired it. Mine has a definite detent. The shutter button moves freely and then you definitely have to put much more pressure to fire the shutter. I have never owned a Z-1p. I

Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-21 Thread Pål Jensen
Artur wrote: > Either I misunderstand the word "offense" (which is possible as I'm not an > English), or to be offended is to be hurt by a strictly personal charge or > insult. As I used neither of the two, not to mention that I never meant to > attack you, I'm deeply astonished that you reacted i

Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-21 Thread Artur Ledóchowski
- Original Message - From: "Artur Ledóchowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock) > difference between the "stop", and the "increase of power". I mean "increase of resistance" of course

Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-21 Thread Artur Ledóchowski
- Original Message - From: "Pål Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock) > I get offended when disinformation is posted. The MZ-S does have a two step shutter release. I have have no problems with the fact that not ever

Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-21 Thread Pål Jensen
Mark wrote: > Very weird. My MZ-S definitely does *not* have a half-way stop. > My PZ-1p does. Are you really sure this isn't just about semantics. My MZ-S (both) have almost completely resistance-free, quite long travel like on the LX. This makes the meter and AF start. Then you feel resitance

Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-21 Thread Pål Jensen
Artur wrote: > However, there are things that make me wonder... Tell me why you become so > indignant whenever anybody says anything unfavourable about the MZ-S. You > seem to be terribly offended in some way... I get offended when disinformation is posted. The MZ-S does have a two step shutter

Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Pål Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Artur wrote: > >> So, it appears that it is not just me, who dislike the release button of the >> MZ-S, or at least notice the lack of its "halfway stop". > >It is utter and complete nonsense. My MZ-S, which I have in front of me, has a >distinct half-way s

Re: Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-21 Thread wendy beard
At 03:13 PM 21/12/2002 -0500, you wrote: So, it appears that it is not just me, who dislike the release button of the MZ-S, or at least notice the lack of its "halfway stop". Thanks Mike and Joseph... I fully agree that it's hard to use just the AF/metering - it's a pain in the butt because I do i

Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-21 Thread Artur Ledóchowski
- Original Message - From: "Pål Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock) > It is utter and complete nonsense. My MZ-S, which I have in front of me, has a distinct half-way stop. Pal, I really respect you and your opini

Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-21 Thread Pål Jensen
Artur wrote: > So, it appears that it is not just me, who dislike the release button of the > MZ-S, or at least notice the lack of its "halfway stop". It is utter and complete nonsense. My MZ-S, which I have in front of me, has a distinct half-way stop. >Thanks Mike and > Joseph... I fully a

Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-21 Thread Pål Jensen
Joseph wrote: > Having used two MZ-S's, one of the several features I dislike is that it > is hard to perform just an autofocus/meter by depressing the shutter > switch halfway. The camera fires too readily, compared with the two > PZ-1ps that I own. Well. It is totally opposite on mine. It is i

Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-21 Thread Feroze Kistan
:45 PM Subject: Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock) > - Original Message - > From: "Joseph Tainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock) > > > > Mike wrote: > > > > > Seems to be a

Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-21 Thread Artur Ledóchowski
- Original Message - From: "Joseph Tainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock) > Mike wrote: > > > Seems to be a QC problem here. Having used an MZ-S for six > > months, now, I have to say that, apart fro