Hi! MZ-S prints exposure data on the film between the sprocket holes - easy to retrieve. All the best! Raimo Photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Miers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 5:09 AM Subject: Re: Old lenses, *istD, and the Pentax Mad Scientists
> > > One really nice thing about digital photography as far as the educator > > is concerned is that the camera records all the settings along with the > > image. With a conventional film camera there's no way that anyone can > > tell whether I was using an auto-exposure mode or doing things manually. > > (That's why many photography courses ban the use of automatic cameras). > > With a digital system the evidence is stamped into the image. If memory > > cards are collected in the field at the end of the exercise it's going > > There is at least one 35mm camera that does imprint the film negative with a > number and keeps a record of all the settings used for each negative > corresponding to that image. I'm not sure if it records whether or not the > mode the camera was in or not. Unfortunately it's not a pentax, but rather > a Minolta Maxxum 7. However getting the same record out of the camera in > print for a couse instructor would be impossible I fear unless there is more > to that function then I realise. Just a bit of trivia and possibly > something Pentax might consider for their future film cameras. > > David > >
