Hi, I'm surprised to hear this about your LX(es). One of their bragging points is the accuracy of the rewind/multiple exposure and therefore the frame-spacing. It suggests that yours has/have a problem. Mine were all bang-on (as is my M3).
--- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday, October 05, 2001, 4:34:15 PM, you wrote: > I have a couple of old Leicas which, AFAIK, uses a gear drive system > to advance the film. It is dead-on accurate and extremely durable. > The frame spacing is perfect on every roll of film unlike some of the > Pentaxes that I've used, especially the LX and the MX. > I once changed film mid-roll in a 41 year old Leica, and when I > replaced it I miscalculated the number of frames I shot, although I > did manage to get the starting sprocket holes lined up. As a result I > had two or three double exposures, and the frames aligned perfectly. > Never had a problem with the film advance on the Spotties, either, and > they are 35 years old. > I'm not convinced that some of the newer technology and construction > is going to be as durable as that of some of the older cameras. > Mick Maguire wrote: >> >> only from the point of view that the belt is almost certainly made of a >> perishable rubber type compound, whereas the drives in older models (even my >> SF1n's) are metal gears. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
