In the time taken to read this thread, I could have decided which film to put in my 67II. Much too embarassing to tell you how many other threads I could read in the time taken to load it!!
Peter On 11/27/06, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > On Nov 26, 2006, at 12:43 PM, Jens Bladt wrote: > > > >> That's a film change, right? > >> Two minutes? > >> Perhaps a little less. > >> Even memory cards must be exchanged form time to time... > > > > A 2G memory card on the *ist DS takes less than four seconds to > > exchange and holds approx 197 exposures. That's 8.2 minutes of > > shooting time with the shutter release held down in continuous mode. > > > > A 36 exposure roll of film in the MZ-S is completed in 15 seconds. > > Let's be optimistic and say it takes a minute to rewind and change > > the film. So in the same 8.2 minutes of "continuous" shooting, you > > might make up to 40 exposures more with film ... but it would be less > > continuous, and I honestly doubt you could do it in practice. You'll > > fall behind after the card change, and if the *ist DS started with a > > 4G card, you'd not even keep up with the first card. > > > > Of course, the point is utterly moot. I can see little to no reason > > to do such stuff. I often do not expose 40 frames in an entire day's > > shooting. > > > > Godfrey > > > > A minute would be very slow for a modern film camera with a drive. I can > rewind and load my F3/MD-4 in half that (rewind on the MD-4 is well > under 10 seconds, 4.5 seconds with the MN-2 that I don't have. I'd > expect the MZ-S is in the 10-15 second range given the slower drive). > Loading is simple, drop in and pull to the mark, then close. > > I'd expect to shoot at least 8 rolls in 8 minutes If I'm trying. At 36 > exposures that's 288 exposures, about 50% more than the DS can do. > > -Adam > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
