I agree with Thomas on this: I use the date facility at the beginning of the film so that anyone looking at the negative strips knows when they were started. Since the MZ-S also prints the film number at the beginning, it's a pretty good way of sequencing one's films.
In addition, I understand that some police and other forensic scientists use the date imprinting to help eliminate arguments about when the frame was shot (of course a good brief would argue that the date was set to whatever was needed for a conviction!). John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Heide Clausen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 9:09 AM Subject: Re: Complaints > I feel a counter-opinion is required :) > > Actually, I appreciate the date back on the MZ-S. I use it rarely, > however it is quite handy at times. Since my work involves lots of > travelling, and since I always bring a camera along, I usually use > the date-function to keep track on where I was when: taking the first > shot(s) of the day of easilly recognizeable landmark and imprinting > the date makes organizing slides so much easier. Similarly for > recalling memories when viewing the slides years later :) > > I don't use the date stuff much, but it is definitely something I'd > not like to be without. > > If I had the choise, I would still pick the MZ-S with date back. > > --thomas > > On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 17:35:08 -0500 > "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I had no choice when I picked up my MZ-S, AFAIK there is no other > > back for that camera. IMHO, the date backs, recently available > > from, Pentax are really useless on camera of this level (PZ1, PZ1P, > > MZ-S etc.) If you want to date stamp a photo buy a good point and > > shoot. An excellent data back was available for the SF1, it has > > several modes of date and time imprinting along with sequential > > imprinting - A- 00 through something like G -99. Kenneth Waller > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Roland Mabo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 5:13 PM > > Subject: Re: Complaints > > snip, snip, snip > > > > > and they're making money on them because some people actually > > > finds it useful. If not, why did they buy it? > > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------- > Thomas Heide Clausen > Civilingeniør i Datateknik (cand.polyt) > M.Sc in Computer Engineering > > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WWW: http://www.cs.auc.dk/~voop > ------------------------------------------- > >
