>What we need to know: > >Does the first (and more major) 'fault' happen only at 3200 & 1600 - >I've had some at 800 and slower, so I guess I've answered that one. >
This is my first post to the list, but I've been lurking for a few weeks. Hello! I bought an LX recently, and I'm delighted with it. I gave it a good workout when it arrived, and I think I noticed the same quirk. I was testing at 200 and 400 ISO speed, with and without film loaded. I have an old style shutter. Without film, on auto, and with an indicated shutter speed of 1-2 seconds, (the actual shutter speed was rather longer, as expected), about 1 shot in 10 was noticably too fast (< 1/30th, I think). What I found surprising was that if I set the same shutter speeds manually I get the same result. I don't know how the LX regulates the slow manual speeds, but I can't imagine that the meter is very much involved. I spoke to someone at Asahi Photo (Wembley, UK). I'm afraid I forget his name, but he was obviously very knowledgable and extremely helpful. He explained that shooting without film was prone to confuse the LX electronics, and that the problem would disappear if I loaded the camera. He didn't seem surprised to hear that the manual speeds were also affected, but didn't really explain why. With film loaded, the frequency of the fault was much reduced, but not eliminated. It was about once in 20 or 30 shots. I consider this acceptably infrequent for my requirements, and I'm not aware of it having affected a real photo yet. I'd certainly be interested to know if the same thing was as likely to occur at higher speeds though. I hope my observations have added something useful. Steve Morphet Herts, UK.
