Congratulations Nick. I just picked up mine on Friday. I've already put a roll through it. Now I have to wait to get it developed :-). I think it's an old one with the original style shutter lock, but with 3200 film speed, S/N 5262XXX.
In case you missed my previous post, here's mine: http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/PESO/Friends.htm It's a pretty sweet camera. Enjoy. Dave S On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 20:58:42 -0000, Nick Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just received an LX I won from eBay, and just love the feel of it. I've > always wanted one since it first came out, but it's always seemed too pricey. > I nearly blew my term's grant cheque on one at the time, but prudence got the > better of me. > > This one appears to be a new model as shown on Bojidar's site, with the new > style shutter release, but the film speed only goes up to 1600. The meter > does come on when the exposure compensation ring release button is pressed > (could be a problem if it gets pressed in the camera bag as it will drain the > batteries), but I'm not sure what the description of the dot pattern on the > first curtain means without some comparison. The serial number is 5299XXX. > Anyone got an idea of the age of this? > > It has some black residue on the mirror surface, but it doesn't seem to > affect it. It'll be off to Pentax UK for a full service soon. > > I thought the automatic mettering wasn't working until I realised the > reflectance of the pressure plate would be different to that of the shutter > curtain or the film - duh! It does raise one question though - do all films > have the same reflectance or have things changed since the camera was > released so some compensation needs to be applied? > > No strap lugs, so I'll have to look out for these. Need to check if the > AF360FGZ works with it too. > > Really looking forward to playing with this. > > Nick. > >
