Hi Maciej, data imprinting is a very useful feature on MZ-S, but it does not work well automatically with B/W film.
When PF 15 is set to 1 (auto), imprint density is right on for color films up to 800 ASA. With B/W films it comes out to strong, however. Obviously, B/W films need different settings. Unfortunately, neither DX decoding doesn't use or read that the film is B/W nor camera changes any settings for B/W films. With HP5 at 400 ISO PF15 needs to be set to low imprint density. I turn off data imprinting when I use B/W films faster that 800 ASA. It simply comes out to strong. Pity. Matjaz > Lately I've become user of brand new MZ-S. So far I'm really happy with it - > haven't tested it fully yet as I have it for 4 days so far but right now I > love it. I've allready put it to some use (I write about it in a second > post) and came to one confusion so far. On the negative I got the data > imprinted between sprocket holes is almoust impossible to read. It was a > 400ASA Ilford HP5+ which I shot and developed as 1600ASA. All the numbers > are really dark with a dark "halo" around them. I had the PF15 which is > responsible for data imprinting density set to 1 (default - printing > according to DX code). Should I modify this (set to 2) when pushing films? > It's a bit tough as I would have to remember which PF it is and which value > stands for which density. But maybe it's the right way? The manual doesn't > say anything about pushing/pulling films so I guessed that when I set ISO > manualy it would affect the imprinting as well. > > Maciej > >
