My own LX experience is closer to that of Alan Chan's. My first
one was purchased brand new in the late 80's and has actually
had a really soft life. Once I realized i couldn't depend on it
to fire a flash when I wanted it to, I retired it from any sort
of professional shooting, and decided that it would be my
personal pleasure camera. The K-1000 got a lot of use as a
wedding camera.
I used it on a copy stand for a few years shooting copy negs and
slides and doing slide duping and the like. It probably had a
few thousand shutter cycles in this application.
It developed sticky mirror about 4 years after I bought it, and
went to Pentax twice, and then I finally fixed it myself. I had
to have the bumper replaced a couple of years ago, and the iso
resistor has since gone flakey.
I bought my second LX 3 years or so ago, and had a complete
overhaul done to it before using it. This included replacing the
iso resistor, and the mirror bumpers and all the foam seals. The
iso resistor needs replacing again.
I bought my third LX almost 2 years ago, and it now needs a new
iso resistor, and the foam seals need replacing since I bought
it.
Consequently, at the moment, I have 3 LX's that have all been
serviced within the past 5 years, that have some sort of problem
which will require service.
I do love these cameras dearly, but they are not in the same
league as a Nikon F2 or F3 for reliability.
Not even close.
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