See below --- Bruce Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Collin (Nothing else to do over lunch today) gave 10 > top features to make a > Pentax camera "special", I would like to point out > to him that my MZ-7 > already has the following features:
> Egg timer > Setting the self timer 48 times gives a most perfect > four minute egg. That would be a lot of film to hardboil an egg. 120 photos of yourself :) > Infrared remote for the TV > My IR remote for the MZ-7 has limited use on my AV > eqiupment for instance it > will only switch the TV on or off. But that could be a useful trick at parties. Hide the remote in your hand and mysteriously the TV suddenly turns on at full volume. > Projection lamp to instantly view slides taken > Simply placing the slide between the lens and body > whilst shining a tourch > through the view finder and pointing the camera at a > sutible surface, makes > looking at slides a breeze. Couple this feature > with the egg timer. makes > the ideal slide show whilst waiting for my egg to > boil. But I thought that was when you were supposed to be making 120 (or 48 for softboiled) goofy expressions at the camera. > GPS locator > Simply pointing the camera at someone whilst > hassling them, until they > verbaly threaten me, enabes me to deduce not only > what country I'm in but > which part of that county I'm in by simply listening > to their language and > dilect. Nice one. Too bad if they are tourists. Although I guess if you try 50 different people you will get some idea. I think if you do this with a 1000mm lens, you can't fail. Also it's a good weapon if this method turns nasty. Jody. NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 - 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 .
