There you go, thanks, Ken
On 03.3.13 7:18 AM, "Carlos Royo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > KT Takeshita escribi�: >> >> 1. Pentax cameras are actually calibrated for either negative or positive >> film. I do not remember which one, but from what you and others are saying, >> it must be calibrated for slides. I thought it was the other way around >> though. I got exact EV range over the entire ISO range. Too bad I no >> longer have it. >> > > The MZ-5 is calibrated for negative film. Z-1 and MZ-s are calibrated > for slides. > >> 2. When you load the film, camera reads whether it is a negative or positive >> film through the metal bar code on the film cartridge. I thought the bias >> is only for the negative film but not as much as 1EV. >> > > The camera can't read in the DX code if the film is negative or slides. > That info is not present in the code. Some cameras, though, can read the > exposure latitude info present in the DX film canisters, and use it. The > first camera to do this was the Z-1 back in 1992, and the MZ-S also > reads the exposure latitude information. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Carlos Royo > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Zaragoza (Aragon) - Spain > ------------------------------------------------------------------ >

