Hi Bill ... LX users don't realize that the "sticky mirror" syndrome is a hoax. It's a Pentax Function that is used to adjust shutter release time. Since the LX is an older camera, and was one of the first Pentaxes to offer "functions", the feature is not well documented. Adjustment is from inside the camera - you have to drop the focusing screen and adjust the mirror/shutter timing via a small lever (on later models a screw) that's hard to see and difficult to reach.
Unfortunately, the Leica is so archaic, there is no adjustment, other than on/off. William Robb wrote: > This is what I detest about the LX. I mean really, as soon as > you decide to take the picture, the picture is taken. I hear the > Leica rangefinders are worse for this so called feature. > It of takes all the guess work out of photography and turns it > into a mere science. One of the joys of photography is the > surprises that you get back from the lab. Sure, they are not all > pleasant, but they are still surprises, and that is one of the > things that makes life exciting. > Far better to have time to rethink the decision, perhaps have a > cup of coffee (My favourite comes from Brazil, but not very > often, sad to say) and decide that the subject isn't worthy of a > photograph, or perhaps notice that the stars are out of > alignment, and no photograph will work until the moon is in the > seventh house, and Jupiter is aligned with Mars. > Only then will love rule the stars, brother, and only then will > peace guide the planets. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ - 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 .
