That would be noticeable in the viewfinder and in the sound and feel of the camera. No mirror black out, no mirror slap and vibration, and way too quiet shooting, I think. Especially for that many frames. You'd have to notice.
Len --- > -----Original Message----- > From: Anton Browne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 8:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: WARNING: an honest Pentax question! > > > Cotty > > Okay, I've had one and one half bottles of wine, so judge as you may. > > Are you sure the mirror went up??? I have discovered that the > MX has a design fault. The interlock system that prevents the > firing of the shutter until fully wound on, is crude. > Apparently a Pentax designer/engineer wanted to improve it in > an update but the LX was on the cards and the demise of the M > series already in view. > > It is possible to wind the MX on not quite fully (this is > very fine, a matter of less than 1mm before full travel) and > then fire the shutter. In this instance the mirror does not > flip but the shutter fires resulting in a blank frame. > > I used my CLA'd MX for a year with no trouble and then > suddenly noticed this behaviour. I contacted my tech (Harrow > Technical) in the UK and he explained the above to me. He > adjusted the interlock and it is now very much better. > > I suggest you use the MX making sure you wind on fully to the > stop every time and see if the problem disappears. With > patience you can induce the fault by deliberately winding on > to just before the stop (this is very fine but strangely very > easy to do when you're winding on for real) and then firing > the shutter (if you can't fire it, wind on just the tiniest > bit more) if you get it 'right' you'll hear the click of the > shutter but the mirror sound and movement will be absent. > > Let us know if this is the problem. > > Regards > Anton > > ______________________________________________________________ > ____________ > Join Freeserve http://www.freeserve.com/time/ > > Winner of the 2003 Internet Service Providers' Association > awards for Best Unmetered ISP and Best Consumer Application. > >
