Peter Lacus wrote: >I acquired a nice KX recently to complete my other xX series cameras (MX >and LX) and I found that the needle in the viewfinder is not moving and >is always pointing upwards. However if I press the battery check button >it moves down (at 1/30s setting IIRC) so hopefully it's not dead >completely. Any ideas what could be wrong?
The meter circuitry seems to be the weak point of the KX: I've been through several with dead meters. I never completed troubleshooting to 100% certainty, but it seems very likely that the culprit is the integrated circuit that comprises the most of the meter electronics. I never determined exactly what the chip is but it's an 8-pin SOIC and most likely is a dual op-amp or comparator, so if you could determine the pinout, finding a suitable replacement shouldn't be too difficult (though soldering it onto the flexible "circuit board" might be another story). No, I don't have a schematic diagram :( -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
