Tuesday, March 12, 2002, 4:10:22 AM, Mark wrote: MR> "Paul F. Stregevsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I read somewhere that this trick is a good way to shorten the life of your >>MX. I thought it was on Peter Spiro's site >>(http://ca.geocities.com/spirope/PentaxSLR.htm) but I don't find it there. >>Boz's site, maybe? MR> I think this is an old myth. Using this trick doesn't do anything that tripping MR> the shutter normally doesn't do. It just separates tha actions. Hi Mark, how can you be sure? Have you seen the actual mechanism of it on a stripped down Spottie/MX/... ? I can easily think up several reasons it could shorten the life of the camera, as well as not. Unless some evidence is given, you just can't disregard it as myth :) Good light, Frantisek Vlcek - 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 .

