RE: Snap-in Focus w/(P)Z-1p (was Compatibility table)

[Jeff Tsai]

To be honest, it does mention it on page 2 right after the list of all the various LCD display symbols... Cheers, Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: David A. Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 5:21 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Snap-in Focus w/(P)Z-1p (was Compatibility table) > > > Joseph McAllister writes: > > > Yeah, but with the cable release you can lock it and walk > away to shoo your > > subject into the frame or walk into the photo yourself. > I've never tried it with > > the shutter button, so I don't know. > > That's true; I was merely discrediting what the manual > suggests. The > wording implies that the cable switch is necessary. > > > > Which PF settings were lost? > > > > One was the metering pattern, which was transferred to the > button on the back > > because it was so popular. Others were changed, or > transferred to the Mode dial. > > A comparison chart: (fixed width font needed here, and no > wrap limits) > [etc] > > That's very interesting. I'm really glad they shifted the > metering pattern to a > separate button as I use it extensively. They even put it in > the right place! > > > Another evening shot to hell... Enjoy this and save it forever! > > I sure will save it. Thanks :) > > > Another way to do your trap focus with the (P)Z-1 would be > to use the Image Size > > tracking Mode with focus mode switch in Single, PF-18 to > '0', and guess what? > > The camera will fire when the subject comes into focus! > Maybe time to pick up a > > used (P)Z-1! A manual read tells me the (P)Z-1p will not do this. > > Bah... The shop has a Z-1 on the shelf but I don't want to > pay that much for > just one extra feature! I've got too many 35mm bodies as it is. > > After looking at some of my first slides from it last night, > I've decided that > the panorama mode is indeed very useful. Now I won't have to use > panoramic slide mounts! > > > Actually, the manual says that fast moving objects "may not > have focus" in "Snap > > Focus" "Single Mode." > > Are you reading from the Z-1 manual? My (photocopied) Z-1p manual > doesn't mention this. I suspected it anyway, so when I'm > using snap/trap > focus, I focus the lens quite slowly. Now my impression of my cheap > 400mm lens has improved as I'm actually able to focus it properly :) > > Does the Z-1 manual mention a backlight on the LCD? I don't > think my Z-1p > manual mentions it. I discovered it by accident when my > thumb was off- > target and pressed both the exposure compensation and > metering-pattern > buttons together, and the display lit up. > > Cheers, > > > - Dave > > David A. Mann, B.E. > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ > > "Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up, > while children are allowed to run free on the streets?" -- Garfield > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To > unsubscribe, visit http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. > Don't forget to visit the PUG at http://pug.komkon.org > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, visit http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the PUG at http://pug.komkon.org