On 25 Jan 2002 at 20:58, dave o'brien wrote: > My immediate reaction to holding an LX is: "so what's wrong with this > one?" Every *single* second hand one I've seen and handled so far had a > real showstopper of a problem - the last two I looked at (in David > Chan's shop in Kowloon) had non-functioning meters, sticky mirrors and > looked like they'd been used to hammer nails with.
Hi Dave, I suppose that if they look like they've hammered nails at least they have an excuse not work, I wonder if the prevalence of sticky mirror is closely related to climate? Most that I have ever seen here have also suffered the problem yet I recall that many of the PDMLers located in far colder climates have seen far fewer sticky mirror problems. I still don't believe however that the LX is any less reliable than many other cameras (including others that I have owned). My near new Contax RTS developed problems, F2 needed a new shutter, G2 wouldn't focus accurately, M6 had RF alignment problems and sticky slow shutter speeds... Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - 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 .
