Re: 28-105 question

[John Coyle]

John, you misunderstood what I could not get to work!  Power zoom: no 
problem, you just push the ring away from the camera to switch it on, as you 
say.  It was the Auto Zoom and Auto Zoom Set operations that never seemed to 
do anything on the MZ-5, or MZ-S for that matter.
In fact I never used the Power Zoom operation, as I want more control than 
it gave: that thing was too fast for my taste!
I also agree that it is optically a great lens.

John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Whittingham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 3:39 AM
Subject: Re: 28-105 question


I never found I could get it to work on my MZ5, and the detailed
instructions are in the camera manual, I believe.
Power zoom will work on MZ-5, MZ-5n, MZ-3 with the zoom ring in the right
position. If you can see the words "Power Zoom" below the zoom ring it 
should
be working, if you pull the ring back towards the camera you disengage 
power
zoom and regain manual control, the other features only work with the 
likes
of the Z1-p.

It's a great consumer zoom, optically close to the 28-70 F/4 IMHO.
John
John Whittingham
Technician