Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-12 Thread Steve Desjardins
Good idea. I'll try this on my SECOND eyecup. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/12/02 04:13PM >>> The MZ-5n and the MZ-S both easily lose their eyecups. I tri

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-12 Thread Pat White
The MZ-5n and the MZ-S both easily lose their eyecups. I tried silicone seal, then a large rubber band, but finally found the solution. In the drugstore, I found small black rubber bands (Goody brand) in the hair section, with hair ties and clips and so on. The packet holds around 20, so you can

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-12 Thread Dan Scott
On Thursday, December 12, 2002, at 07:15 AM, Cesar Matamoros II wrote: Thomas, From my extensive travelling in Central America and for a while having my luggage not arrive with me, I have devised a way to survive for a day or two. When packing my camera gear in its bag I do not use the foam

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-12 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: Cesar posted (addressed to Wendy, but hey, it was out in the open): I too lost my eye piece cover. It did take a while, but evidently it occurred while placing the camera back in the bag. I have not had this problem with its replacement. A rep told me to put a dab o

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-12 Thread Mark Roberts
"Cesar Matamoros II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I too lost my eye piece cover. It did take a while, but evidently it >occurred while placing the camera back in the bag. > >I have not had this problem with its replacement. A rep told me to put a >dab of silicone on it. I think I have felt it mo

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-12 Thread Bill Owens
Lost mine too. Don't think I'll bother replacing it though. Bill - Original Message - From: "jcoyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 3:08 AM Subject: Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S > Not yet - but it wa

RE: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-12 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
-- -Original Message- -- From: Thomas Heide Clausen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 5:31 AM -- -- On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:56:55 -0500 -- "Brad Dobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -- -- > Heh, -- > -- > I ordered extra ones, rubber eye cap and findercap, because I

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-12 Thread Steve Desjardins
I'm on eyepiece number 2 as well. However, since I believe that the gods of entropy require a sacrifice for anything to actually work, I'll offer up the eyepiece. Better than the lens falling off . . .

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-12 Thread Brad Dobo
n" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 5:31 AM Subject: Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S > On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:56:55 -0500 > "Brad Dobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Heh, > > > > I ordered extra

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-12 Thread Thomas Heide Clausen
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:56:55 -0500 "Brad Dobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Heh, > > I ordered extra ones, rubber eye cap and findercap, because I knew > I'd lose them. Of course, now that I have them, I probably will > never lose one :) > > Brad. heh... Mine fell off at the most inconvenient

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-12 Thread Brad Dobo
Is is a repeated message? It sounds so familiar. - Original Message - From: "Michel Carrère-Gée" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 11:47 AM Subject: Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S > Thomas Heide Clausen a écrit: &g

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-12 Thread jcoyle
Not yet - but it was once a close-run thing! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: "wendy beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 1:48 PM Subject: Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S > > Feroze, &

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-11 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
Thomas Heide Clausen a écrit: ... Ohhyeah, the grip. That is one of the best non-optical things I've ever bought for any camera :) I have rather big hands, and the MZ-S almost was too small without it. ... MZ-S is very, very nice camera, the only bad point is the "àù$-¤#]°ù% selector for the AF

Re[2]: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-11 Thread Bruce Dayton
wendy, Mine fell off in my bag, so I was able to recover it. I do take more notice of it because it can come off easily. It's still a mighty nice camera anyway. Bruce Wednesday, December 11, 2002, 7:48:42 PM, you wrote: wb> At 06:25 PM 11/12/2002 -0500, you wrote: >> Only thing I don't li

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-11 Thread Brad Dobo
ay, December 11, 2002 10:48 PM Subject: Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S > At 06:25 PM 11/12/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > Only thing I don't like is the eye piece cover, works fine in > >portrait but pokes me funny when in landscape-maybe thats just me. > > Feroze, >

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-11 Thread Thomas Heide Clausen
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 18:03:55 -0500 "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:39:11 +0100, Thomas Heide Clausen wrote: > > > > > they'd rather make a lover profit than no profit atall. > > >^ > > > You sure have a closer relationship with your

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-11 Thread Steve Desjardins
I dunno, if they knocked off a couple of hundred bucks . . . ;-) Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/11/02 08:55AM >>> On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 10:54:10 +0100, Thomas

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-11 Thread Thomas Heide Clausen
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 08:55:08 -0500 "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 10:54:10 +0100, Thomas Heide Clausen wrote: > > > they'd rather make a lover profit than no profit atall. >^ > > You sure have a closer relationship with your "photo pu

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-11 Thread Doug Franklin
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 10:54:10 +0100, Thomas Heide Clausen wrote: > they'd rather make a lover profit than no profit atall. ^ You sure have a closer relationship with your "photo pusher" than I have! :-) TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-11 Thread Thomas Heide Clausen
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 13:48:11 +0100 Jean-Baptiste Fargier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, Danke, Merci all of you > > i think i'll go for the MZ-S + its grip (it reminds me of my former > > beloved Contax RTS-III , but lighter) and a zoom : the rest will be > > 2nd-hand manual lenses... Oh

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-11 Thread Pål Jensen
From: "Jean-Baptiste Fargier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Now the only thing i shall miss will be the Zeiss Distagon 1,4/35mm Replace it with the Pentax FA 31/1.8 Limited Pål

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-11 Thread Jean-Baptiste Fargier
Thanks, Danke, Merci all of you i think i'll go for the MZ-S + its grip (it reminds me of my former beloved Contax RTS-III , but lighter) and a zoom : the rest will be 2nd-hand manual lenses... Now the only thing i shall miss will be the Zeiss Distagon 1,4/35mm Jean-Baptiste

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-11 Thread Pål Jensen
> I will have only one question : does the MZ-S need to "beep" whenever it gets > the AF blocked ? No. You can turn it off. > > grr in France MZ-S are 300 Euros costier than in Germany ( 950 Euros ) .. > > i shall sell one or two Nikon AI-s lenses to get the MZ-S...am i right ? > > MZ-3 MZ-S

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-11 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 11.12.02 3:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I wanted o get a MZ-3 as my first Pentax camera but did try the MZ-S for an > hour...too bad Welcome :-) I had the same problem - my Z1P got sold very quickly after playing a little with MZ-S :-) > > I will have only one question

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-11 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi devnull, on 11 Dec 02 you wrote in pentax.list: >I wanted o get a MZ-3 as my first Pentax camera but did try the MZ-S for an >hour...too bad :-)) >I will have only one question : does the MZ-S need to "beep" whenever it gets >the AF blocked ? No, you can disable the beep (it's the same wih

Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-10 Thread Pat White
You can easily turn off the beeper if you wish. The MZ-S is more expensive in Canada than in the US (grrr), but I bought mine here anyway, and I'm very happy with it. Pat White

Too bad i tried the MZ-S

2002-12-10 Thread devnull
I wanted o get a MZ-3 as my first Pentax camera but did try the MZ-S for an hour...too bad I will have only one question : does the MZ-S need to "beep" whenever it gets the AF blocked ? grr in France MZ-S are 300 Euros costier than in Germany ( 950 Euros ) .. i shall sell one or two Nikon AI-s