Steve, The most common problem on the earliest batches of MZ-S's that I was aware of (mine had it and was fixed) was a frame spacing problem.
Bruce Friday, August 2, 2002, 10:19:15 AM, you wrote: SD> I've only had mine for 2 months and no problems yet. I'll admit I don't SD> find the report cited below promising. Any product has a certain number SD> of lemons, and I haven't heard of anyone else having AF motor problems. SD> The most common problem I've heard was that in the early batches of the SD> MZ-S the auto-rewind was too sensitive and it would rewind a roll in the SD> middle. Pentax has supposedly fixed that in later batches. I've heard SD> of no other "consistent" problem that was experienced by a large number SD> of users. SD> Steven Desjardins SD> Department of Chemistry SD> Washington and Lee University SD> Lexington, VA 24450 SD> (540) 458-8873 SD> FAX: (540) 458-8878 SD> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/02/02 12:59PM >>> SD> Raimo wrote: >> MZ-S unreliable? What problems have you had? SD> Software glitches. New AF motor. This was a mecahinal problem - the SD> drive axle didn't really couple well with the lens. However, the motor SD> and drive shaft came in one bundle, so they replaced the whole motor SD> assembly. My camera eventually started to stop down by itself constantly SD> so they gave me a new body. Unfortunatly, the exposure compensation lock SD> now only work for overexposure on this my second MZ-S. SD> P�l SD> - SD> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, SD> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to SD> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . SD> - SD> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, SD> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to SD> 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 .
