mike wilson wrote:
Hi,
Chris Brogden wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Bob Walkden wrote:
The one thing you _can't_ do on an LX. I remember being flabbergasted when I wanted to and realised I couldn't. The lever goes in opposite directions for the two operations.......
well, what a lousy camera. Makes me glad mine were nicked <g>.
I thought you could do this:
Lift & lock the mirror. This made the lever loose from the 'neutral' position in the direction of the lens mouth, but you could still pull it away from the mouth to crank up the self-timer.
Just tried it on my LX and couldn't do it. The MLU action (press the button and move the lever towards the lens) locks the lever. The only way to move it the opposite direction to activate the self-timer is to press the button releasing the lever, and this also deactivates the MLU.
My findings exactly. Thought it was my example but once I got an
instruction book (looooong after I got the camera) I noticed it
specifically says that this sequence of operation is not possible. Truly a useless bit of tat. 8-)
m
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