In a message dated 4/13/2002 10:36:05 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] quoted someone else, whose original message I have since misplaced:
> > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]P� vegne af JamesRel > Sendt: 13. april 2002 00:11 > Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Emne: Metering accuracy of PZ-1-- has anyone heard of this? > > > Sorry if this has been discussed before, but for as long as I've been > watching/reading this list I've never encountered any posts on this.... > > While surfing the web I managed to stumble across this page > > http://www.planetneil.com/colourzone/pentaxz1.html > > Basically the author of the page stated that he used to use and love > Pentax > equipment but due to some problem with inaccurate metering of the Z-1 and > KA > lenses, he jumped ship to Nikon. > > Check out the above webpage for a full explanation.... > > My question is, has anyone else observed this problem with the Z-1? Has it > been fixed with the Z-1p? > > I've read this page before. I've had my PZ-1 for six years, and never noticed exposure inaccuracy with it. I've used it with Pentax autofocus fixed-length and zoom lenses, off-brand auto-focus zoom lenses, and Pentax manual-focus fixed-length lenses. About a year ago I asked my friendly local repair guy to check my PZ-1 for accuracy since I'd never had it serviced and was preparing to run some slide film comparisons using the PZ-1 and the LX. He tested its meter and shutter speeds and declared both to be spot on. That said, I will admit two things that may account for the difference between this man's experience and mine. First, is that I never used a Pentax KA *zoom* lens with my PZ-1 (I've never owned one), so if the Pentax KA zoom lenses were the only ones with which the PZ-1 was incompatible, I wouldn't have run into the problem. Second, my PZ-1 was purchased new after the model was discontinued. His cameras were probably built earlier than mine. It's possible that Pentax did discover, and quietly fix, the problem (without admitting it!) during production of this model. ERNR My photographs hang on the virtual walls at http://members.aol.com/ernreed - 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 .
