I haven't been called an "ol' salt" in a long time. I still have a set of
salty utilities hanging in a closet to prove I earned the nickname way back
when.
I have only a few years less time than Len with Pentax, and I still use the
same Spotmatic I bought way back in '67 or '68. I think it was '67 or '68.
The Alzheimer's is kicking in at the moment and it gives me fits with
dates. You know how it is with us old guys. I remember it was submerged
in salt water, with yours truly, during a friendly unannounced visit to
another country in '73, and it's still reliable, but could use a face lift.
It looks similar to the utilities - a salty Spotmatic.
One of my Pentaxen is a KX, and I can't really tell if it has a truly
step-less shutter. I just always set it at the detents. It does sound
different when I set it between detents, but that doesn't really prove
anything. If you know of a good repair shop where you can strike up a
friendship, they would have a shutter speed tester, and they may just be as
inquisitive as you are. (Or you could build a tester if you really want to
know, but that's a lot of work.) A simpler, less accurate test, but maybe
more expensive than a friendship would be to use an electronic flash and
vary the shutter speed above (faster than) the flash synchronous speed.
You know how you get half a frame if your camera has a 1/60th second flash
synch and you set the shutter speed at 1/125? Experiment with film and a
flash and vary your shutter speed and see if you truly have a step-less
shutter.
K.
Lon wrote:
I'm still awaiting the final word on whether the K-bodies have
stepless shutters; I've gotten replies both ways so far. Hopefully
some old cranky guy who hates all the "new-fangled" stuff will give me
the definative answer.
<snip>
So how about it, all you salty Pentax veterans, is the shutter
stepless?
Lon
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