> The reason I put the lens cap on when firing up a new roll is that I'm > cheap and don't want to pay for pics of nothing on the first couple of > frames. I have been there and done that firing off many frames before > realizing the LX was still on 1/2000's. What I do now is set the speed to > 1/15's when firing off the first couple of frames, that way you will > definitely know something is wrong if you forget to set it back to auto > by hearing the long exposure. I believe I got that from Fred. Works for > me.
And for me, too - <g>. Yes, Steve, I did mention the above - here's my original post in reply to yours: >> Hi, set the LX to 1/2000`s when putting in film. VERY IMPORTANT: >> remember to set it back to what you want after you`re done. > I would add just a little suggestion of my own to your suggestion, > Steve: > I tend to keep my LX's in the Auto shutter dial position (for > aperture-preferred autoexposure mode) for most (probably 90%) of my > shooting, and only switch to manual as a deliberate action for a > particular shooting situation. One disadvantage of the Auto > position is that one can't load film with the shutter dial set to > Auto, since (if light is being blocked from entering the body) the > LX will just hold the shutter open indefinitely (or so it would > seem). > Now, for me, the problem is that, if I use 1/2000 for loading film, > I potentially can (easily) forget to put the shutter dial back on > Auto (and indeed, in a few "senior moments", I have literally done > just that, ruining some exposures for a few frames until I noticed > my blatant stupidity). Your "VERY IMPORTANT" warning, Steve is very > a good one to make. > I now (and it's even become automatic with me, having done this for > a while) set the shutter speed to 1/60, 1/30, or 1/15 (not critical) > for loading film. The advantage of this is that the shutter sound > at slower speeds is distinctive, and, if I forget to put the shutter > dial back on Auto, my error of omission is audibly obvious with my > very first mistaken exposure. (The disadvantage of doing this is > that it is a little more of a nuisance to rotate the shutter dial > all the way to some slow speed and back, compared to using 1/2000, > which is only "one click away" from Auto.) > By the way, the necessity of not leaving the shutter dial at 1/2000 > (instead of resetting to Auto) is evident whether one is using flash > or not. For natural light, 1/2000 is usually not going to be a > suitable speed just "by luck", although this depends on the film > speed, aperture, and lighting, of course. Then, the problem with > using flash at 1/2000 is that (unlike when properly set to Auto or > X) there is no flash sync set, so one doesn't even have a prayer of > getting a "lucky" exposure. (And, unfortunately, I can speak from > experience on both of these situations - <g>.) > The Super Program and Super A, with their automatic loading speed of > 1/1000, are more "idiot-proof" for nincompoops like me - <g>. Fred
