Pentax Z-1/PZ-1
Pentax Z-1 top view image by Taiwan's Riccardo (Image rights) |
Pentax Z-1 body image by Taiwan's Riccardo (Image rights) |
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The Z-1 (aka PZ-1) is a high-end 35mm SLR with autofocus introduced by Pentax in 1991. It utilizes KAF2 lenses and is also compatible with lenses with earlier versions of the K-mount:
- KAF lenses support almost all features of the camera, except powered zoom and related functions.
- KA lenses can be mounted with the 'AF Adapter 1.7X', and will then support autofocus, provided they are f/2.8 or wider. Without the adapter, they do not support autofocus, but the Focus Indicator (FI) feature can still be used (with lenses of f/5.6 or wider). Shutter-priority AE and programmed AE modes can all be used.
- Manual-aperture K mount lenses can be mounted with AF Adapter K, or use the FI feature as above. They do not support shutter-priority AE or the programmed AE modes, but can be used for aperture-priority AE and in manual exposure.
- 42mm screw-mount lenses can be mounted using 'Mount Adapter K'. The FI feature can be used, if the lens aperture is wide enough. Aperture-priority AE and manual exposure are possible.
A special edition Z-1 SE was issued in 1994 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Asahi Optical Co. The camera was superseded in 1995 by the Z-1p.
Pentax K mount SLR Cameras |
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K2 | KX | KM | K1000 | MX | ME | ME Super | ME-F | MV | MV1 | MG | LX | Super-A | Program-A | A3 | P30| P30n/P3n/P30t | P50 | SFX/SF1 | SF7/SF10 | SFXn/SF1n | Z-1/PZ-1 | Z-10/PZ-10 | Z-20/PZ-20 | Z-50p | Z-5 | Z-5p | Z-70/PZ-70 | Z-1p/PZ-1p | MZ-5/ZX-5 | MZ-3/ZX-3 | MZ-5N/ZX-5N | MZ-7/ZX-7 | MZ-6/ZX-L | MZ-S | MZ-10/ZX-10 | MZ-50/ZX-50 | MZ-30/ZX-30 | MZ-60/ZX-60 | Pentax *ist | MZ-M/ZX-M |
Links
- User's manual at Pentax Imaging
- Z-1/PZ-1 on Bojidar Dimitrov's Pentax K-Mount site.
- Z-1 in Sylvain Halgand's collection.