Do you have a way to plug in a flash and see if the PC socket works? May just be the connection to the shoe, should be an easy fix if that's all it is.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 10:33 AM > To: PDML > Subject: LX Malfunction > > > So, I'm shooting the Ice Race yesterday, standing on the ice (because > that's where ice races take place), and I slip. Didn't fall, but the > LX swung around and struck a bike leaning against the boards of the > hockey rink. > > Look through the viewfinder, all the leds are working, all looks good > (but you can tell from the SL that in fact all is ~not~ good <g>). > Take a few shots, everything still seems okay. > > Darkness gathers. I decide to put the flash on. Flash charges. > Light on flash indicates full charge. LED in viewfinder indicates > that flash in on camera, and charged and ready to go. Take photo. > Suspect flash didn't go off. Repeat. Harbour same suspicion. Repeat > 4 or 5 more times. Definitely, no flash. > > Put flash on MX. Flash works just fine (although, obviously, we're > not in ttl mode). Put flash back on LX (which by this time has no > film in it, as the first roll was history). Take flash off ttl mode, > and still the LX won't trip flash. > > Finish evening using flash on MX, so I'm stuck on f 5.6 aperture, > limiting "creativity" (such as it is <vbg>) somewhat. > > So long story short, my LX, although it senses the flash is there, > won't trip it. I know this is going to mean another trip to Kominek's > repair shop, and a period of time without LX (which is okay, because > since I got the fisheye and k 1.2 50mm, my poor Leica has been > neglected), but I'm wondering if anyone has had this problem, or if > anyone has any idea(s) as to the cause. > > As an addendum, I was so upset about this setback that I fear I didn't > get too many good ones. That's why I'd never make a good pro, I guess > - too emotional... <vbg> > > cheers and thanks, > frank > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson >
