Ron wrote:
>o 1/180 flash sync speed - I can't understand how Pentax could go backward > on this! The PZ-1 has a nice 1/250! The reason for the MZ-S max shutter speed of 1/6000s, flash synch of 1/180s and max FPS rate at 2,5 is that Pentax wanted to make a compact camera. In order to make a compact camera Pentax needed to use a compact power source - the CR2 batteries. Faster shutter and faster film transport would have made the life span of the batteries unacceptable; perhaps well below 10 rolls of film on set of batteries. This is the tradeoffs of a compact camera. P�l - 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 .
