I am one who had two PZ-1ps for a couple of years and now have an MZ-S. Like Mark, I found both interfaces very usable. I found the most annoying thing on the PZ-1p to be that you would commonly leave the lens on A and use the dials to control aperture/shutter. But that friggin DOF button being mechanical requires you to quit using the dial and set the aperture with the ring on the lens thus negating the interface. I also found the PZ-1p body more tiring to hold - a bit too fat in the grip area.
Both are great cameras. I wasn't unhappy with my PZ-1p's and I'm not unhappy with my MZ-S now. What I really love is my 67II! Bruce Tuesday, July 30, 2002, 7:07:26 PM, you wrote: MC> Interesting debate over the Mz_s vs Pz-1p... I have and use both and find MC> both interfaces to be acceptable. I like the AF point selection process MC> that Nikon (and Minolta, I believe) use, but agree that it would not work MC> with the layout of AF points on the Mz-S. I'm glad that the interfaces are MC> so totally and completely different - it makes it easier to switch from one MC> to another. MC> If I were to change the Mz-S I would: MC> 1. Lower the bottom center AF point to put it symmetric with the top center MC> point. Would work better for vertical shooting. Though it would probably MC> blow a few minds not to have an AF point right smack dead center. MC> 2. Put in a slow shutter flash mode. I do a lot of shooting where I want to MC> shoot at a slow shutter speed (1/30th - 1/15th) and want TTL flash (usually MC> with compensation). AFAIK, The only way to do this on any Pentax AF body is MC> to shoot in manual mode. In aperture priority, once a dedicated flash is MC> attached the shutter speed is always set to a predetermined level. With the MC> Pz-1p in manual mode I can at least use the IF button to quickly get to the MC> right ambient exposure. No such feature is on the Mz-S. I'd like to set the MC> camera to set the exposure per the ambient light and shoot from there. MC> Otherwise, that's it. MC> - MCC MC> - - - - - - - - - - MC> Mark Cassino MC> Kalamazoo, MI MC> [EMAIL PROTECTED] MC> - - - - - - - - - - MC> Photos: MC> http://www.markcassino.com MC> - - - - - - - - - - MC> - MC> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, MC> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to MC> 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 .
