The shutter will close if there are batteries in the camera. (It will just take a long time. It looks like the shutter is either only half cocked or the first curtain got hung up and the second stopped where the first did.
At 11:47 PM 2/10/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Christian, >My feelings exactly... >I was visiting relatives when the auction closed or might have bid again. >Regards, Bob S. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > ><< >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewItem&item=1330173 > >718 > > It says the mirror is broken but as far as the shutter being bad and the > mirror "locked up" I find it hard to believe. > > From the pictures it looks like the mirror has been locked up by the MLU > lever. The shutter is set to "Automatic." Now, I may not be the LX expert > but from what I know, if the mirror is locked up and the shutter is on > Automatic, I don't believe the shutter will close, especially if there is no > film in the camera. > > Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the only problem with this camera is the > cracked mirror. > > I wish I had seen it before it sold (not that I have the funds for a > potentially broken camera...) but I hope that someone from the list got > it.... >> >- >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 . - 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 .
