Hi Guys, Just back from my vacation in the Canadian Rockies. Amazing scenery! Think I actually went into scenery fatigue at one point. Of course I had to travel lightly, so just took along the MX with 20mm lens and the MZ-S with 24-90 zoom. Then I just had to slip in the 43 and 77 ltd just in case. And of course the 6x7 with 105 and 55mm lenses. I said to myself, if it can't all fit in a lowepro mini terkker then it can't go. Luckily for me there are carrying straps on the outside for a tripod. The MZ-S performed superbly. Apart from a couple of annoying times when the little switch turned onto self-timer accidentally when being crammed into the bag and pulled out of its ERC (fire, damn you!). MX and M20mm/f4 - a perfect combination! Had one heart stopping moment where I thought the meter had packed up. New batteries hadn't helped but a clean and a fiddle round in the battery compartment got it working again. On the next to the last day, the 6x7 started playing up and I don't know why. Took a shot and the mirror stayed up and the lens remained stopped down. Thought it was maybe the battery. Put in a new one but that didn't help. Taking the battery out, the mirror dropped back down and the lens aperture opened. From then on it was - compose, shoot, clunk, remove battery, clunk, put battery back, start again. I would have put money on it being the battery but now it's got a brand new 4LR44 in it, and the battery check button is lighting. Any ideas? (Lens I was using was the 55mm but it behaves the same with the 105)
Wendy --- Wendy Beard Ottawa, Canada mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] home page http://www.beard-redfern.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 .
