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 > focuses and measures the exposure. I wonder whether some of we users have > given the impression in this discussion that there is a need for more > pressure initially than is really the case: one needs really only rest the > finger on the button for it to go to the first position. It was more that Paal described it as something like "two-step" (not a direct quote) which is not the way I have found it to be. I don't have any difficulties with the MZ-S shutter button technically. I just prefer the button on my Z1-p, which is a definite two-stepper. The MZ-S button on the body I am using needs much (much!) more force than any other I have used. Combined with the sticky [sticky is not the right word - it is more like the shutter button, needing too much force for my liking] (but not positive) on/off switch, I strongly suspect that it is defective. A number of other posters have agreed with me - my present thoughts on the matter are that there is a possible QC problem or that there are differing buttons for different markets. Another plus for the Z1-p for me is that I have found, on occasion, that I am trying to press in a place other than the shutter button with the MZ-S. The Z's button is in the bottom of a dip in the body's surface that guides your finger to it. mike
