----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Intermittent LX metering error
> Anybody have an idea as to why my LX should produce the occasional, severely > underexposed frame (like no more than once per roll of film)? It does this in > quite unchallenging light conditions, with perfect exposures to either side of > the affected frame, and this has now happened with a variety of different > lenses. Been going on a while, too. At first I thought it was some error of > mine, but the circumstances just don't support that theory any more. > > Really hoping one of the LX gurus has a thought on this. > > ERN Its the ISO resistor. They are rather prone to corrossion. A temporary fix can be had by turning the ISO dial from lock to lock a couple of dozen times. Were I you, I would get the thing in for service while Pentax is still servicing it. According to Pål Jensen, the new resistors are made of gold wire rather than copper wire, and are less prone to this problem. I had all three of my LX's done a couple of years ago. I am pretty sure that one of them displayed the problem after the fix, so i'm not sure if it is really a permanently repairable problem or not. It will show up on automatic most obviously, since the exposure goes all wonky, but I have noticed what I think is a symtom when shooting metered manual, with the occasisonal exposure reading that just doesn't make any sense. William Robb
