The rest of the camera seems just fine, thank the Pentax Gods. Vic doesn't recall any bad things happening to the camera, and I believe him. I think that a camera (especially if it has a big lens on) would have enough weight that if, for instance it started to fall during film loading, and one grabbed at the door, it might be possible to distort it a bit (not saying that's what happened, but it's a possibility).
I think there are all sorts of ways it could be inadvertantly and unknowingly bent, without a catastrophic fall occurring.
In this case, it's not as if I bought the camera from a stranger. It's from a person I know from this list, and who lives less than an hour away from me. I'm not worried... <vbg>
cheers, frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: No More Light Leak Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 10:46:27 +0100 (CET)
But now I can't sleep for worrying how that back got distorted in the first place; what horrendous blow buckled the back. What cruel owner dropped the LX from such a height (with the back open mind you) for it to smash onto a concrete floor on its open back. What damage was done to the shutter at this time?
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