Odds are that it is now a external meter only camera. You might get
lucky, but if it needs new electronics there is currently no fix.
That may seem bad, but if it was an ME, for istance, it would be a paper
weight. At least an MX with a dead meter is still a camera.
--Tom
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>
> hi all-
>
> had a great trip out west (yosemite, mono lake, big sur, sf and napa) but
> while doing a long exposure night shoot of el captain my beloved mx crapped
> out. it was the 2nd night of my doing a night shot of this wonderful piece
> of granite. had the camera set-up on a low tripod w/a M50/2 attached and the
> cable release.
>
> after finally releasing the shutter, and removing the mx from the tripod i
> realized that i could not turn off the meter. i went back to my campsite to
> experiment under lit conditions. the meter worked but i couldn't shut it
> off. i took out the batteries so they wouldn't be drained and sighed.
>
> later that day, i put the batteries back in to shoot that afternoon and found
> that the mx now didn't meter. i put in the pack of replacement batteries
> that i brought and again, the mx didn't meter.
>
> i shot "sunny 16" rule the rest of the trip but obviously was extremely
> dissappointed by my lack of a 2nd body.
>
> so, any thoughts on what went wrong on the mx?
>
> any idea who i should sent the mx to for a look-see? (i am located in nyc
> but have never used anyone downtown)
>
> since my pentax lens are limited to the M50/2 and the A35-105/4 i don't want
> to leave pentax-land but now need a 2nd body.
>
> my choices: kx, another mx, perhaps a zx-5n or even a pz-1p. i am on a very
> limited budget and need to factor the repair costs of the mx into any new
> purchases.
>
> thankfully i still have a canonet ql gIII rangefinder to shoot in town/people
> stuff.
>
> once again, a heavy sigh about the mx and i look forward to any thoughts
> about repairs or bodies that u pug-sters wish to share.
>
> be well
>
> robo
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Tom "Graywolf" Rittenhouse
Graywolf Photo, Charlotte, NC, USA
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