I think the problem is the shutter rather than the winder speed, or perhaps both. The data imprinting cannot happen until the shutter is closed. This therefore would cause a pause in the process while imprinting took place. To get a faster shutter in would apparently have made the body significantly bigger, as would have a faster winder probably. Besides if they did this, I think they would have opted for a faster frame rate rather than to do the imprinting during shooting.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Heiko Hamann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 02 January 2003 17:29 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Another MZ-S foible > > > Hi Rob, > > on 02 Jan 03 you wrote in pentax.list: > > >I don't think the time taken for an imprint is too bad but the frame > >rate was on the low side already and I guess they thought > this the best > >compromise. Dropping to 2 fps would possibly have been too much for > >some people to swallow. > > Maybe it would have been better to invest the money in developing a > faster winder instead of the data saving and later imprinting ...;-) > > >I think the imprinting will be kept, but will tell you for sure in a > >day or two as I just changed the batteries in the middle of my last > >roll so will make a point to look. > > Thanks. > > Heiko > > >
