> From mike wilson > Sent: 23 November 2009 18:35 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: I can;t see my photos > > Mark Roberts wrote: > > > John Sessoms wrote: > > > > > >>From: "William Robb" > >> > >>>From: "Bob Sullivan" > >>> > >>>The date back was an option on the PZ-1 and PZ-1p. It cost about > $45 > >>>new. Regards, Bob S. > >>> > >>>Nowadays that's a pretty cheap date. > >> > >>Between reading Bob's response and yours, I remembered someone > mentioned > >>the back with the buttons on my PZ-1p was an optional accessory. I > >>checked Pentax's support literature download site, and sure enough, > >>there it is under Miscellaneous Accessories. > >> > >>I finally figured it's the "Data Back Fd", and saved the PDF file. > >> > >>I went back through the PZ-1p manual again, but there appears to be > no > >>mention of the Data Back as an available accessory, even though it's > >>shown in some of the illustrations. > > > > > > I think the date back was standard on the PZ-1p. I know mine had it > > and I know I didn't ask for it or pay extra for it. At the time, all > > the B&H ads, etc. listed it as the "PZ-1p QD" (for "quartz date") > > > > I've never seen a 1p without the date feature. > > (P)Z1 had a date back and intervalometer as standard. p, not.
At the risk of being nerdy, my Z1 only has the interval shooting mode, not the date back. I could never work out why they removed the interval shooting mode from the supposedly superior Z1p. It was far more use than a panoramic mask... Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
