Same thing happened to me last week when I was photographing a cat, also from a distance (I know - it's not a tiger, but you can't have everyhting you want I guess). I don't have a LX, but a MX with a winder was noisy enough for the animal to perfectly pose for the second shot. Lukasz
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christian Skofteland Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 5:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fred Subject: LX noise redux (Was: Re: Got One! (Was: Held an MZ-S Last Night)) I found a venue where the ka-chunk of the LX is an asset. I was a t the zoo with my daughter over the weekend photographing anything that I could. The tigers, Serval and small tree-shrew type animals would not look at me whilst I composed. So: Ka-Chunk! went the LX as I photographed their backs. Their heads would whip around to see what made the noise and Ka-Chunk! I'd get a nice portrait! The tigers were outdoors and far away an yet they would still react to the sound! Amazing! Remind me not to go to India with the LX.... The zoo is one thing, out in the open with a tiger would not be time to draw attention to one's self..... I still love the LX though! ;-) Christian On Monday 06 May 2002 10:52, Fred wrote: > > > P.S. Peter, compared to my LX ("ka-chunk, whirr"), I *like* the > > hamster-sneeze shutter! > > Yeah. As much as I love my LX's, they're not really capable of > ~any~ stealth mode operation - <g>. I just reactivated an old ME > Super (equipped with the clever Short Soft Case ME, for my own > "hamster sneezes") as my dedicated "church camera". > > Fred (still reservedly curious about AF bodies) - 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 .
