Jody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This seems to be off-topic at the moment. I am not
> trying to be insensitive, but I had to share. I waited
> a whole 13 hours.
>
> I got my very first LX today. It is so wonderfully
> gorgeous. I fall more in love with it every moment (I
> really need to get out more, don't I). It is lovely to
> hold, and wind on. The shutter makes a glorious clunk.
> It reminds me of my beloved Spottie, only better.
Hi Jody,
Congratulations!
You'll fall more and more in love with it when you start to use
it.
>
> Now I have one or two (maybe more) questions.
> 1. I remember some talk about the tri-function lever
> on the front. MLU which I managed, and what else? I
> seem to remember something about a self-timer, but
> can't seem to work it.
1. Pushing the lever to the lens without pressing the button
alllow you to stop down the lens. The timer works in the same
way as the MLU but in the other direction (press the button then
push the lever to the grip).
> 2. The dial on top has me really perplexed. It goes
> from �x to 4x. What is it?
2. It's another way to indicate the exposure compensation. 1/4
means -2, 1/2 means -1 and so on. It denotes the amount of light
that reaches the film, not the amount of stop or EV you are
using to compensate. The results are the same, though...
> 3. Doesn't it work with FA lens on shutter-priority? I
> thought I had wrecked it, because the mirror got
> locked up when I pressed the shutter. However, after a
> while I thought of turning S/S dial off auto, and it
> came down.
3. If you have the lens set on a slow aperture and you have no
film in the camera the resulting time will be extremely long.
The LX reads on the film plane; using exposure longer than, say,
1/60, the meter reads on the film itself. Without film the
camera is reading on the black pressure plate. That's why it
choses an exposure so long.
> 4. Serial number 527****. How old?
4. That's just a guess... first half of the eighties?
> 5. Can you get the lugs and grip off? How? How strong
> are the lugs?
5. The grip can be easily removed by unscrewing the big screw on
the bottom. The lugs are really strong but I never test them...
I do not remember how to remove the lugs. I should have the
instructions somewhere, though.
> Thanks for your help.
You are welcome.
Gianfranco
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