-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of P�l Audun Jensen Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 3:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MZ-S (WAS: how good)
Ron wrote: >o 1/180 flash sync speed - I can't understand how Pentax could go backward > on this! The PZ-1 has a nice 1/250! The reason for the MZ-S max shutter speed of 1/6000s, flash synch of 1/180s and max FPS rate at 2,5 is that Pentax wanted to make a compact camera. In order to make a compact camera Pentax needed to use a compact power source - the CR2 batteries. Faster shutter and faster film transport would have made the life span of the batteries unacceptable; perhaps well below 10 rolls of film on set of batteries. This is the tradeoffs of a compact camera. P�l - Thanks Pal (sorry, I don't have the right font for your name :-() for the explanation. I'm a little slow at calculation; so please bear with me ;-). I follow you so far regarding higher shutter speed using more batter power. But I don't understand how the *flash sync* shutter speed can influence battery usage. When I use ISO 400 film outdoor in my PZ-1 in programmed mode, it is often that a shutter speed of 1/250 or 1/500 is selected. Perhaps the RTF itself uses a lot more battery than the shutter. Please clarify. Thanks, Ron B[ee] - 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 .
