On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 11:33:40 -0400, Peter J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a problem that's a bit bizarre, The finder is now jammed on one > of my LXin, it could have happened at any time > in the last few weeks but I just noticed it yesterday when I wanted to > remove the finder and use the screen at waist level > for a candid. The damned thing wouldn't come off. I looked at the one > I have that works and as best as I can determine the locking > mechanism is no longer moving far enough to allow the prism to release. > Has anyone had this problem, know a cause, have a cure, > (that won't involve wrecking the camera the prism or both). If I've got > to send my baby to Pentax does anyone have any idea what > the repair will entail and have some concept of what it will cost? > (Breathless Gasp).
Peter, I'm about to be extremely unhelpful, but, here goes anyway: My finder is usually quite hard to remove. It seems that putting more pressure on the little switch to the left of the prism doesn't help much. Pushing the viewfinder forward whilst gently pushing the little switch seems to work - sometimes. Most often, just trying over and over seems to work best, but it sounds like you've done that already <vbg>. Since I rarely have need to take it off (usually it's just to show people: "Hey, isn't this cool? Can your camera do that? Eh? Eh? Can your autofocus digital plastic thing do that? I didn't think so! What do I use it for? Well, nothing, actually, but I ~could~ put on another viewfinder if I had the money and the inclination, neither of which I have...") I don't fret about my sticky viewfinder. Like I said, not much help. cheers, frank -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
