Raimo, Don't know for sure, but based on reports on the list here for the past several years, I would say that the PZ-1p is more reliable on motors. There have been multiple reports of ZX-5's failing on film transport and I have yet to hear of any PZ-1p's. My guess is that the ZX series motors are cheaper and lighter - has nothing to do with better reliability, only worse.
Bruce Dayton Friday, January 04, 2002, 9:08:00 AM, you wrote: RK> Maybe the PZ-1p has more torquey motor(s) - it has more FPS, too. But does it really affect reliability - only time and prolonged use will tell. Maybe the MZ series has less torque to improve RK> longevity, who knows? RK> Does the PZ-1p have one motor just for rewind? IIRC the Canon T-90 had 3 motors. Many cameras have only one. RK> All the best! RK> Raimo RK> Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen RK> -----Alkuper�inen viesti----- RK> L�hett�j�: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RK> Vastaanottaja: Raimo Korhonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RK> P�iv�: 04. tammikuuta 2002 1:00 RK> Aihe: Re: Vs: Re[2]: MZ5 and MZ5n Z1p Question >>Raimo, >> >>Yes, but have you been using bulk rolled film? It doesn't roll in and >>out of the cannister as smoothly as the manufacturers stuff. I have >>several ZX's and had 2 PZ-1p's. When winding and rewinding, the PZ-1p >>tends to pull without any change in motor speed (pitch). The ZX's >>however, tend to go up and down quite noticeably during rewind on bulk >>rolled film. Plastic cannisters are even worse than metal ones. So I >>am saying that the power-torque (not speed) of the PZ-1p is better >>than the ZX's. My current MZ-S's seem better than the ZX series, but >>not quite as strong as the PZ-1p. >> >>Hope this clears things up. >> >> >>Bruce Dayton - 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 .
