Thanks Mike. I understand what you mean. ten years ago I used the Z1p for a weekend or two, and I also found some problems in understanding all its functions by following the manual.
Dario ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 8:42 PM Subject: Re: For PZ1p / Z1p users > >> >> From: "Dario Bonazza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 2007/02/19 Mon PM 06:13:06 GMT >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Subject: For PZ1p / Z1p users >> >> Hi, >> >> A friend of mine is going crazy with his newly purchased secondhand Z1p >> and >> rings me all the time to get explanations. Today the main question is >> what's >> the difference between: >> >> 1 - USER SET FUNCTION procedure explained on page 74 of the user manual. >> >> and >> >> 2 -Initializing the USER SET FUNCTION as explained on page 75. >> >> My guess is that the procedure on page 74 tells you how to customize the >> USER position of the main switch, while the so called "Initialization" on >> page 75 is how to reset to default settings. Unfortunately I don't have a >> Z1p at hand and the Z1p owner is not smart enough to understand what's >> going >> on with his camera, as he is only accustomed to classic mechanical SLR's >> interface, while the Z1p is apparently too much a step for him at all at >> once. > > You are right, the "Initialisation" does remove all settings... > > Not sure if it defaults to a specific set or just takes up what is set for > the "On" position. That's what mine just did. > > To be fair to your friend, the manual is a classic mistranslation. I find > it exceptionally tortuous and obtuse. Still haven't worked out some > parts. > >> >> Any comments? Thanks a lot. >> >> Dario >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
