Kostas,
I've shot with 3 different PZ-1p's, and each has had a
slightly different sound. None has had a sound like a
spring resonating, though. They have all been quieter
than the PZ-1.
The slowing winder toward the end of a roll (or a long
series of motorized shots) is the sign of a fading
battery on my PZ-1, but the PZ-1p's have kept up full
speed right until the low-battery signal has appeared.
I wonder if all is well with the winder in your
camera.
Rick
--- Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> The prices fell enough on the known auction site for
> me to afford a
> Z1-p. I put a roll of film a couple of times through
> it and have the
> following questions:
>
> - When the shutter is released and after the mirror
> is back in place,
> I hear a sound like a spring resonating. Is this
> normal?
>
> - The winder speed is impressive (as is the 1/250
> sync speed, the
> factor that excited my curiosity in the first
> place) but as the film
> progressed it became noticeably slower. Is that
> normal? I was more or
> less machine-gunning, which is not my normal way
> of shooting at all,
> but thought to ask if it's a known tell-tale.
>
> First impressions follow: The overall feel is like a
> 90s Toyota, built
> to last. The HyP mode is extremely intuitive, and I
> can see how the
> manual rewind can be useful. I already commented on
> the high sync
> speed. The panorama lines in the viewfinder can work
> well instead of a
> grid screen for my awful alignment issues,
> particularly with
> verticals. I find it a bit too big for my hands,
> very Canon-like (even
> wifey noted that) and at the same time not high
> enough. I had the SFXn
> too, and it did not feel that way (I really liked
> the SFXn). That and
> the noise/vibration issue (I may be making it up,
> but I think I can
> feel the mirror moving out and back in the way) mean
> that probably the
> -5n remains my main camera. Certainly the chase for
> an equally
> affordable MZ-S is still on.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kostas
>
>
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