>This may or may not be of help. I once had an MX that had this fault: the
>shutter release, as you know, is 2-stage meaning that on first
>depression the meter is activated (and therefore the LEDs), and on final
>depression, the shutter is released. With the manual wind-on lever in a
>stand-off position, the meter can be 'clicked on' with that initial first
>depression, and it stays on, until either the shutter is fully pressed to
>take the pic, or the wind-on lever returned to full resting position. Now
>with the shutter release lock 'on' no metering should be possible because
>the button is physically locked. However, the microswitch inside, or
>rather the contacts for it can operate incorrectly. The result is that
>even with the shutter release locked, pressure on the release button
>activates the lever - and of course the LEDs.
I'm sorry - that last line should of course read : '...activates the
METER - and....'
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