The green button does not get you to program unless you turn the aperture ring to A. If you do not set the aperture ring to A you get aperture priority AE. Not very complicated even so. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: John Coyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 09. elokuuta 2002 7:33 Aihe: RE: MZ-S gripe and Oly pics from the weekend >The MZ-S is pretty simple to my mind: >Change the aperture - twist the aperture ring >Change the shutter speed - spin the control wheel >Set the camera back to Program - press the green button on the front >Lock everything - press the Hold button >Check the focus - press the AF button >Check DOF - pull the on-off switch back >Select the focus point - slide left middle finger around the lens mount >and press up on the switch - spin the control wheel and watch the >selected point in the viewfinder. > >and you have not had to remove your camera from your face to see the >effects! > >The other side of the camera looks complex, until you actually look at >the symbols - bracketing either way, under/over expose either way, set >the functions with the wheel set to the red PF setting. > >I read the PZ1's specification looked at the interface, and decided I >didn't have the time to work it all out, whereas with the MZ-S I sat >down for an hour and played with it: by the end of that, I had pretty >well everything sorted out that I needed for everyday use. Then I took >the manual and found out about the other stuff. >This camera is so well-designed, and, in my view so well built, that it >should be taking the photo world by storm: if only the distributors >would get behind it and push it a bit! > >John Coyle >Brisbane, Australia > > >On Friday, August 09, 2002 12:14 PM, Alan Chan >[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: >> >" Designed for advanced photographers, the Z-1p's digital system >> >offered >> >such sophisticated features as a centralized display system and the >> >"Hyper" >> >exposure modes, but its state-of-the-art control system was a little >> >too >> >complicated for some users to get accustomed to in a short period. >> > On the >> >other hand, the MZ-3 and MZ-5N's analog-type direct-access dial >> >control >> >system was easy to understand and operate even for beginners, but >> >some of >> >the features did not function as flawlessly as the digital system's. >> > >> >Frankly speaking as camera designers, we thought it would be much >> >easier to >> >standardize the entire control system one way or another. >> >> I have felt the same on Z-1p and MZ-3/5 too. It tooks me many months >> before >> I could alter the setting on Z-1p efficently. But still, it still >took >> >> longer to set than my simple MX (except when shooting in full program >> mode >> of course). >> >> >For the optimum benefit of our users, however, we decided to >> >harmonize the >> >best of both worlds to develop a totally new hybrid control system >> >for the >> >new MZ-S." >> >So it's clear that the MZ-S interface was designed to be simpler to >> >operate >> >than the Z-1p's. >> >> I think their goal was to combine the design of Z-1p and MZ-3/5 >> together. >> That does not necessaily actually mean better or simpler interface. >> Coming >> from manual focus era, I have found nothing work faster for me than >> tradition shutter speed dial (all speeds printed clearly on the dial) >> and a seperate self-timer switch. Now, since I don't own the MZ-S (only try >> them in store), I don't know how well design it supposed to be. But at >> least I had no idea how to switch anything when I tried the MZ-S. Just plain >> confusing (without any help from the manual or the salesclerk). >> >> regards, >> Alan Chan - 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 .
