I'm jumping in late, and have probably missed something, but from what I have read, it could be the trigger voltage on the flash is too high. the newer electronic bodies don't behave well when older third party flashes are connected to them...My ZX-M would do a "stutter step"; it would fire, fire again, and then advance the film. The high voltage running through the electronics really makes the cameras act weird and could very well fry them.
William in Utah. T Rittenhouse wrote: > > I would guess, I certainly don't have a MZ-M to check, that the mirror is > mechanically linked and releases when the shutter button is press, while the > shutter is electrically linked and doesn't fire until the flash is fully > charged. > > Of course, his camera could simply be broken. It is hard to do > troubleshooting from a short description. My experence is that even when you > have had those same siimptoms hundreds of times and the problem turned out > to be the same, the time you swear that is the problem, is going to be the > time you are wrong. > > Ciao, > Graywolf > http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Maciej Marchlewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: PDML <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 5:32 AM > Subject: Re: Using MZ-M with Non-Dedicated Flash > > > Dnia 8-04-2002 o godz. 1:55 T Rittenhouse napisal(a): > > > Because when you use the flash on manual, it uses the full > > charge of the > > > condensers for each shot. That means it has to do a full > > recycle. On auto it > > > just uses part of the charge and only has to do a partial > > recharge. > > > Depending on the distance that can be very short or almost as > > long as on > > > manual. > > > > > > Ciao, > > > Graywolf > > > http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > - > > > > OK. That's all true but what it has to do with a problem that > > Jeff described: > > > > > > > Using the flash, there > > > > > seems to be a long time delay between the mirror > > > > > moving up and the shutter > > > > > actually firing. When I remove the flash, the > > > > > camera works normally, with > > > > > no noticeable delay. > > > > What you wrote is exactly how flashes work - full power on > > manual and power adjusted to the needs when in auto. But how > > would it affect the time between raising mirror and firing a > > shutter? > > To Jeff - although I don't know the explanation to your problem > > (I use Pentax 201SA flash and nothing like this ever happened to > > me) there is a possitive part of it. Your MZ-M has a mirror > > prefire right now! :-) > > > > Maciej > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Zobacz B��kitn� Planet�... jest cudowna, zadziwiaj�ca, tajemnicza! > > Kliknij! < http://ksiazki.wp.pl/blekitnaplaneta/ > > > - > > 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 . > - > 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 . - 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 .
