Flash shouldn't make a difference. It seems that you have a short in the camera. That is if the led's in the view finder turn off after you stop pressing the shutter button. Another possibility falls under stupid user error. Was something pressing on the shutter button, (and was it unlocked), when you stored it? (I've done that with an MX winder, drains the cameras batteries in a very short time). There is also the meter activation button on the left side of the camera something pressing on that would drain the batteries also, and you can't turn that off.
At 04:13 PM 2/23/2002 +0100, you wrote: >Another strange thing happened with the "almost new" LX. Thursday evening I >put in a pair of new batteries (Duracell 1.5V Silver Oxide), I shot 1 >(one!) roll of film to test it and on Saturday morning the camera was dead! >After 36 hours and 1 roll of film. I put in a new pair of batteries and it >worked again. I really don't understand how this could happen. The LX >doesn't seem to have any switch-off button as far as I can see. >Either the batteries I bought were not fresh at all or there is something >terribly wrong with the electronics of the camera. >I can add that I was using an old electronic flash (Braun Hobby 260 BC) and >I had it mounted on the camera and connected to the X-sync-contact over >night. Could that have been the reason for the battery exaustion? > >Peter Smekal >Uppsala, Sweden >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >- >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 .
