Darren,
thanks for sharing your impressions and describing those
characteristics of MZ-S of which many haven't been mentioned yet. I'm
glad you too liked the camera.
Matjaz
> Oops, I forgot to mention a couple of things regarding the MZ-S body I was
> shown.
>
> First I've totally omitted comments on the shutter-lag (or lack thereof!).
> I found the shutter button to be similar in nature to the LX's. The first
> stage for focusing was, however, quite sensitive; in fact there seemed to be
> very little throw to focus and took a little getting used to. The second
> stage to fire the shutter seems to have more resistance than we've seen in
> AF bodies until now and I really liked it. This is where it reminds me of
> the LX. I found the button to be very responsive when actually being fired.
> I didn't notice any significant shutter lag and it felt very definite when
> pressed; no uncertainty as to when the shutter was going to fire. It was
> certainly better than other MZ cameras, but I'm not sure compared to my Z-1p
> because of the different characteristics. I believe it will be a dream to
> use when giving focusing function solely to the "AF" button on the back and
> only using the shutter button for firing the shutter. From what I saw in
> the store, I think I am going to be most happy with this camera.
>
> In regards to the exposure-mode selection, I am quite pleased. I use Manual
> & Aperature Priority almost all the time and they were kind enough to group
> these two together! I was thinking that by using the "Hold" slider to lock
> in exposure info (is it only shutter speed?) and using the regular exposure
> compensation function, it may be easier then before to get "flash exposure
> compensation" but I don't know if the slider switch only locks in shutter
> speed or if it works on aperature as well in shutter priority. :OP
>
> Anyhow, those are my initial impressions.
>
> Darren S.
>
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