Thanks for the note - I've spoken to Pentax who have said they would need
the camera back to have a look at it (it's only 8-weeks old!) Not good.
There seems to be a link between the way they back-cover snaps shut and the
likelihood of the film not rewinding - i.e. you can tell if the film is not
seated properly if the cover doesn't click easily. This is purely
anecdotal of course. I'm going to roll off some bulk and run some sensible
(and recorded) tests - then maybe I can back with a reasonable argument to
Pentax.
Cheers
P.
Paul Wilkinson
"Karasch,John"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Paul X.
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cc:
11/12/2001 13:30 Subject: RE: MZ-S Film-rewind Problem
(was MZ-S Imprinting Problem)
Please respond to
pentax-discuss
I had a Kodak roll get stuck in my MZ-S once. I've run at least 50 rolls
of
film through this camera, and I've noticed that it never auto-rewinds when
the counter reads 25 or 37. I'm a little paranoid, so I started pushing
the
button to force the rewinds.
It will be interesting to see what kind of response you get from Pentax.
John
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Sent: 12/11/01 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: MZ-S Film-rewind Problem (was MZ-S Imprinting Problem)
>I'm not sure if this is can solve part of your problem, but when I was
>making tests for figuring out hot data imprinting works, once I changed
>PF 15 four times during the same roll of film. I expected to see
changes
>in data print density but - nothing, nada. So finally I remembered that
it
>was said here at PDML how the camera imprints data during rewind.
>Obviously, it imprints data as PF 15 was set when rewind took place.
>And, since PF15 was set at 4 (high density imprinting) during rewind,
>all data was lost because of the overexposure (film used wasHP5 at
>400 ASA).
>Can't tell anything about non DX coded canisters since I haven't used
>them with MZ-S, though.
>Hope it helps, Matjaz
>> Anyone had any problems with the in-film data printing on an MZ-S?
>> It's working fine on DX-Coded film, but I cannot seem to get it to
>> work on bulk-rolled Delta400 in non-DX canisters. I have set the
>> Imprinting Density (function 15) to all of its available options but
>> still nothing - I have also tried all of these settings when using
>> DX-coded film and it appears to make NO difference to the print
>> density. Am I doing something daft?
>>
>> Any help much appreciated as this is one of the primary reasons for
>> camera choice (other than ergonomics, build quality, glass
>> availability................)
Matjaz - you may have something here. What I failed to piece together
was
that all three of the bulk-rolled canisters in question (all Jessops -
brand new) failed to rewind. It occurred to me last night (as these
things
often do) that the imprint may be on the return leg of the film - in
which
case it would never have been printed. However, at least judging by the
graunching sound, SOME of the film was rewound and I had the sense to
open
the back in a light-fast bag - yet NOTHING appeared on ANY of the film.
This may be coincidence.
So assuming, that you're right (and I'm betting right now that you are)
-
Has anyone had any problems with film not rewinding correctly? I have
had
4 canisters stuck now (3 bulk and 1 XP2 Super). I have noted that the
spring-load on the MZ-S canister slot can be a bit too much and it has a
habit of pushing the film up onto one of the guides on the upper edge of
the front pressure assembly. I take a great deal of care ensuring the
film
is seated correctly - but this hasn't stopped films from jamming.
Anyone
else observed this?
I have a call logged with Pentax UK so maybe they'll shed some light.
Thanks for any help,
P.
Paul Wilkinson
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