RE: Vs: MZ-S durability

2002-09-12 Thread Rob Brigham
- From: wendy beard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 12 September 2002 02:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Vs: MZ-S durability At 19:40 11-9-2002 -0400, you wrote: I am still griping about the MZ-S. I bought two at my lab (not my $$) and took them to Mali last January. I

Re: Vs: MZ-S durability

2002-09-12 Thread Steve Desjardins
What can I say? This has rarely happened to me. Maybe, given your habits, this is a bad camera for you. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Vs: MZ-S durability

2002-09-11 Thread Peter Alling
I'm not necessarily a MZ-S defender but they sound pretty predictable to me ;-) At 04:00 PM 9/11/2002 -0600, you wrote: I am still griping about the MZ-S. I bought two at my lab (not my $$) and took them to Mali last January. I complained that when you put them in a back pack, the camera can

Re: Vs: MZ-S durability

2002-09-11 Thread wendy beard
At 19:40 11-9-2002 -0400, you wrote: I am still griping about the MZ-S. I bought two at my lab (not my $$) and took them to Mali last January. I complained that when you put them in a back pack, the camera can turn itself on. (Well, actually, the switch is designed so that unintentional pressure

Re: Vs: MZ-S durability

2002-09-11 Thread Doug Franklin
On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:20:56 -0400, wendy beard wrote: It could just be the action of putting them in or pulling them out of the case/bag which turns them on. For some reason, the way I pick up and put down the camera is such that I sometimes flip the switch accidentally. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

Re: Vs: MZ-S durability

2002-09-11 Thread Rob Studdert
On 11 Sep 2002 at 21:33, Doug Franklin wrote: On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:20:56 -0400, wendy beard wrote: It could just be the action of putting them in or pulling them out of the case/bag which turns them on. For some reason, the way I pick up and put down the camera is such that I

Re: Vs: MZ-S durability

2002-09-11 Thread Brad Dobo
PM Subject: Re: Vs: MZ-S durability On 11 Sep 2002 at 21:33, Doug Franklin wrote: On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:20:56 -0400, wendy beard wrote: It could just be the action of putting them in or pulling them out of the case/bag which turns them on. For some reason, the way I pick up

Re[2]: Vs: MZ-S durability

2002-09-11 Thread Bruce Dayton
. So BD it obviously doesn't use much power. Makes me wonder why I got the BD lithiums. :) BD Brad Dobo BD - Original Message - BD From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] BD To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BD Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 9:45 PM BD Subject: Re: Vs: MZ-S durability On 11 Sep

Re: Re[2]: Vs: MZ-S durability

2002-09-11 Thread Brad Dobo
Yep Bruce, that's true, and nice for the cold winters we get here as well. - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brad Dobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 12:07 AM Subject: Re[2]: Vs: MZ-S durability Brad, I just put my first set

Vs: MZ-S durability

2002-09-10 Thread Raimo Korhonen
Hard to say anything about impact resistance - and I am not willing to try anything - but it seems well made. The built-in flash seems to give good exposure in program mode and it seems to balance the ambient illumination quite well, sometimes I use -0.5 stops compensation to get more