I've had mine now a bit under a week and the most noticeable thing I've noticed so far is how good the focus screen is with manual focus lenses. I find it significantly better than the screens in my LX and I have the new Japan release screens. I shot a film at a market on Saturday with an M50/1.5 and M135/3.5 and it was magic. Haven't tried the battery grip, cant afford it yet :) I'm going to have to wait and order one from the US as in Australia there $500au ($250us). You would all be jealous if you knew how much I paid for the MZ-S :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 3:52 AM Subject: Enabled ! > The yard sale K1000 gave me enough bodies to be enabled via trade to pick up > a MZ-S and BG-10 grip. The war department is happy since there are now only > 2 bodies lying around the house (MZ-S and Spotmatic) instead of 6 and I'm > happy to have the latest offering from Pentax. > > My impressions after the first couple of hours: > > Upside: > > Although the body itself is small and light, adding the BG-10 and FA28/105 > makes quite a handful. > > The flash sync of 1/180 with my AF500FTZ is not significantly different than > the 1/250 of the PZ-1p or the 1/100 of the ZX-5n > > The data imprinting will be a big help, especially since I shoot about 90% > negative film. > > The hotshoe adapter for the PZ-1p will work with the MZ-S for contrast > control flash whereas the same adapter doesn't allow the RTF to fully extend > with the ZX-5n. > > The user interface seems to be much easier than with the PZ-1p. > > Downside: > > The only thing I've determined so far that I don't like is having to obtain > a new electronic cable release. The cable release I have worked on both the > ZX-5n and PZ-1p, but the MZ-S has a different socket. Anybody need a ZX/PZ > cable release? > > Bill, KG4LOV > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
