What difference does it make if the cap's on or off when loading the film? So you expose a couple of frames of your foot, or the floor, or a wall ... I don't understand the need to have the cap on.
[And yes, I missed Jody] Fred wrote: > > > 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). -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ "Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money" - 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 .
