I think you missed my point. William said that the use of mixed electronics and mechanicals in the shutter mechanism was a hodgepodge, and one of the reasons for the LX's supposed un-reliability. I pointed out that Nikon would probably not have used a similar setup if that was true. (I kind of like the FM3 by the way).
As I said before based on my experience with LX's you'd think that you guy's were discussing an entirely different model of camera than those I own. I have two LX's both bought used, one an early example which I would judge to be about 15 years old, and one of the later examples. They are my most used camera body's and I've never had a problem with either of them, they've baked in deserts been exposed to heat and humidity, freezing cold snow and sleet and that combination of cold and humidity that can only be described as clammy. I think that the comparison to the F3 is a bit unfair by the way. It is much bigger, almost as large and heavy as a Pentax 67. If you can't build in reliability by using bigger heavier parts then you're doing something wrong. At 06:01 PM 8/2/2002 -0700, you wrote: >>I would have to disagree based on my experience, but I can't argue with >>your's. >>Additionally if mixing mechanical, (for manual exposure), and electronic, >> (for automatic exposure), shutter speeds was such a bad idea >>then the new Nikon FM3 wouldn't exist. > >Just because the LX was not as reliable as similer camera like F3, doesn't >mean Nikon couldn't do it better on their FM3A. > >regards, >Alan Chan > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com >- >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 .
