As has been mentioned before, this is most probably due to weak batteries. There is a feature of blinking leds when the batteries are getting weak. I only recall seeing this on a couple of my five LXen. The other times there was no warning.
I have had the meter work fine, no indications of weak batteries, and taken a shot in Auto and had the mirror stay up. Like you, moving the shutter dial to a manual speed brought the mirror back down. Replacing the batteries cured the problem. Once, photographing some Tibetan monks in their ceremonial walk to the oceans edge to deposit the sand from their Mandala, the batteries in my LX died from the first shot! I just turned to a photographer friend and asked her for a meter reading and ISO setting. I corrected for my film speed and shot the rest of the time. Needless to say, the rest of the photographers were very impressed with my ability to overcome and shoot without batteries - all of them were autofocusing with motor drives. Sorry for the ramble, Cesar Panama City, Florida P.S. Realizing you already may have the answer since I am backlogged :-) Just showing that I am still alive on the list... -- -----Original Message----- -- From: Sid Barras [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 4:38 PM -- -- Hi LX owners: -- -- My new to me LX has developed a disturbing habit after only -- the fourth roll -- of film: -- -- It's "hanging up" in the middle of the exposure cycle: In -- the "auto" mode, -- when the shutter button is pushed, the mirror goes up and -- the camera freezes -- before the shutter curtain sequence begins. -- -- The only way I can get the camera to exit this situation is -- to change the -- dial to one of the manual shutter speeds. -- -- Very disconcerting! I was set to take group and individual -- shots of my -- daughter's soccer team; luckily I had my glove box camera -- (IQ Zoom 105WR) in -- the assigned location, and could complete the photos. -- -- Any LX owners able to identify this condition? -- Thanks! -- Sid B --
