Hallo Jon, it seem that you are the first one on the PDML who bought a *ist. It is not out in German yet. Thanks to your little report.
On AF-C the camera fires even it is not in focus. Try it with your Z-1p, it is the same. How is the viewfinder, is darker than on the MZ-3? You can compare that to your MZ-3 in a nearly dark room or with a slow lens or a lens with a teleconverter. How is the AF in dark or low light enviroment. Best regards R�diger >Hi Rudiger > >I was wondering if I am the first person to buy an *ist. It'd be nice >to think so. <vbg> > >I've still got a Z-1p, MZ-3, I've had MZ-50, MZ-5n, played with >friend's MZ-7 etc. That's just the AF cameras. > >My first thoughts of the *ist are a little mixed. The ergonomics of >the camera, for me, are good. Better than any of the MZ series >(excepting the MZ-S). It is deeper, more like the Z-1p, which feels >much better in my hands. > >The AF is interesting. Using a F50 1.7, the AF was very quick to find >focus automatically. When it hunted from one extreme to the other, >however, it seems incredibly slow. It isn't any slower than the MZ-3, >the pitch of the AF motor is lower on the *ist. > >One thing that surprised me a tad was using the AF-C setting, the >camera will fire without focus confirmation. I don't know if this is >a "feature" or a bug. I pointed the camera at a blank wall, a sure >fire way to get AF cameras to hunt, and in AF-C mode the camera would >fire as soon as the shutter release button is pushed all the way in. > >I'm still to completely run a roll of film through the camera, so I >can't tell what the metering system is like. > >The film transport noise isn't much different to the MZ-3, the >shutter sounds totally different to anything I've had previously, but >I am not about to try to describe it. :-) > >Anyway, I've got a bit of playing to do before I build up a full >picture. > >I'll finish this roll off and see what the photos look like. > >Cheers > >-- >Jon > >Relax! Take life as it comes. You can't chase the sun, you can't race >the wind. > >On Wed, 28 May 2003 18:29:30 +0200, R�diger Neumann wrote: >>Hallo Jon, >>Congratulation, Have you also some other Pentax cameras like the MZ- >>6 or >>MZ-5n? It would be nice, if you could compare them to your new *ist. >>How is >>the viewfinder, the noise of the film transport, the AF speed and so >>on. >>Thanks in advance. >>R�diger >> >> >> >> >>>Hi all >>> >>>I picked up my new *ist today. I'm going to run a roll of film >>>through it this afternoon and see what happens. >>> >>>Cheers >>> >>>-- >>>Jon >>> >>>Relax! Take life as it comes, you can't chase the sun, you can't >>>race >>>the wind. >>> >>> >>> > >
