Scott, my MZ-S has the film chamber on the left, so that processed film is the "right way up": are you sure you are talking about the same camera? I know my wife's Optio70 does have the film chamber on the right, so her films show the same characteristics you mention.
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Loveless Sent: Monday, 25 October 2010 3:20 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The film body nobody talks about On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Collin Brendemuehl <[email protected]> wrote: > *ist > > There's one @ KEH. But the price is prohibitive. > I'd forgotten all about it but for the talk of the MZ-S/D. > Anyone here have/use one? I have one. It has a busted shutter release. It will focus and meter with a half-press, but won't trip the shutter when pressed all the way. The shutter release on the battery grip works fine, though, so I guess it's a portrait camera. There is no accommodation for pre-A K-mount lenses. M42 with an adapter works peachy. Aside from the usual complaints which, other than the lack of _aperture simulator_, I didn't really find all that bad, the film loads on the right side and feeds to the left. This means that when you go to the local automated 1-hour processor, all of your pictures are upside down on the proof sheet and CD. If you sleeve your film like I do, you'll find that all the numbers are upside down and backwards. Not a big deal, but if you're anal retentive... -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ __o _'\<,_ (*)/ (*) -- 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. -- 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.
