Danke Heiko! Your explanations seem plausible! Even if these things are difficult to see.
Peter >Hi Heiko, > >on 02 Jul 02 you wrote: > > >>Don't ask me for a source, > >Now you can ask;-) Here it is: > >http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/lxproblems.html > >------------------------------------------------------------------Start >... >Side Effects > >A small rest can be seen screwed to, and protruding from the wall of the >LX mirror box when the mirror is locked up. The surface of this rest is >covered with a pad of elastic material and generally if the shutter is >sticky this pad will also show signs of deterioration and have become >slightly compressed causing focus inaccuracies. > >When the mirror rest becomes compressed the mirror is effectively >supported at a lower position which alters the plane of focus at the >finder screen relative to the film plane. The effect can be seen when >photographs captured at wide apertures show a plane of focus in front of >the subject which was selected as the plane of focus through the finder >or if infinity focus cannot be obtained through the finder. >... >--------------------------------------------------------------------End > > >And further down: > >------------------------------------------------------------------Start >... > >Excerpts from correspondence with other LX users >... >Thought you might like to know of another variant...... > >I have had what I call type1 - the mirror doesn't move from rest >immediately, accompanied by lack of infinity focus. Fixed very cheaply, >locally. >... >--------------------------------------------------------------------End > >So it seems to be a side effect or variant of the sticky mirror problem. > >Regards, > >Heiko >- >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 . 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 .
