Re: Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question

2002-09-25 Thread Tim Preston
On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 08:10:30PM +0100, Kristian Walsh wrote: Thanks for the answers. Mine has that halo, but only on negative film; on transparency film it's perfectly sharp. So it seems mine isn't the only one that does this. With PF15 set to 1 I've got this smudge on Fuji Superia 100

Re: Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question

2002-09-25 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
Tim Preston a écrit: On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 08:10:30PM +0100, Kristian Walsh wrote: Thanks for the answers. . On a slightly different tack, does anyone know if the IR remote for the BG-10 actually exists. This was a surprise feature to me and seems like a good idea, but I've never

Re: Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question

2002-09-25 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
Michel Carrère-Gée a écrit: Tim Preston a écrit: On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 08:10:30PM +0100, Kristian Walsh wrote: Thanks for the answers. . On a slightly different tack, does anyone know if the IR remote for the BG-10 actually exists. This was a surprise feature to me and seems

RE: Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question

2002-09-24 Thread Rob Brigham
Shouldn't you set this PF to 1, so that the camera automatically adjusts for the film speed? That's what I do, and I get no ghosting problems that I know of. -Original Message- From: John Coyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] For your problem, set the data imprinting intensity, function

Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question

2002-09-23 Thread Tim Preston
First of all, being new here, I'd Just like to say hello =) I've been using an SF-7 for a number of years that I bought secondhand as a camera that could do a reasonable job of point shoot yet would let me twiddle with everything. It did the job I asked it to do. Now I've bought myself an

Re: Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question

2002-09-23 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi Tim, on 23 Sep 02 you wrote in pentax.list: First of all, being new here, I'd Just like to say hello =) Welcome! The imnprinting seems to be surrounded by a sort of 'halo' or smudge which tends to make it very difficult to read. Is this normal, or has my camera got some sort of fault in

Re: Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question

2002-09-23 Thread Pål Jensen
Tim wrote: The imnprinting seems to be surrounded by a sort of 'halo' or smudge which tends to make it very difficult to read. Is this normal, or has my camera got some sort of fault in the imprinting device? Mine does not have a halo. It's very easy to read. Try a different film to make

Re: Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question

2002-09-23 Thread Kristian Walsh
Mine has that halo, but only on negative film; on transparency film it's perfectly sharp. -- Kristian On Monday, Sep 23, 2002, at 19:11 Europe/Dublin, Pål Jensen wrote: Tim wrote: The imnprinting seems to be surrounded by a sort of 'halo' or smudge which tends to make it very difficult

Re: Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question

2002-09-23 Thread Brad Dobo
without it and especially without good light. Brad Dobo - Original Message - From: Tim Preston [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 1:25 PM Subject: Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question First of all, being new here, I'd Just like to say hello

RE: Introduction and MZ-S data imprinting question

2002-09-23 Thread John Coyle
Welcome Tim - this can be a really good group, if a little intense at times! For your problem, set the data imprinting intensity, function 15, at a lower level - I have mine set to 3 at the moment, and for 400ASA film this is too high. Basically, the data imprinting led's are creating flare