No it's definitely the LX. The same lens (SMC-A 50mm f/1.4) is fine on the *istD.
Nick -----Original Message----- From: "Peter J. Alling"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 09/02/05 01:01:57 To: "pentax-discuss@pdml.net"<pentax-discuss@pdml.net> Subject: Re: New LX Owner Sounds like you have a sticky aperture on your lens. My 35mm has developed this problem. All the other lenses seem to be working fine. You should try a different lens on the camera. Nick Clark wrote: >Yep! You've got me sussed! I put a roll of XP2 through it yesterday. > >I discovered why the automatic exposures seemed much quicker than indicated, so that a 2 second exposure sounded like 1/60th. The aperture was very slow closing down, so the OTF sensor was getting more light and so terminating the exposure. I guess this means automatic exposures will be correct, but manual exposures except at wide apertures will be over-exposed. The problem eased after some use, so I guess it's not a major problem, just some old dried out lubricant. > >Great feel to it, but I might look out for a grip, or perhaps make one if I can find a screw of the right guage. I'll need to find some strap lugs too. > >It's off to Pentax in the next couple of days. They've quoted £105 for a full CLA including parts and foam, although I'll get 20% off as a member of the Pentax User Club. > >Nick > > >-----Original Message----- > From: "frank theriault"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 08/02/05 22:34:25 > > On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 21:00:30 -0000, Nick Clark > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks to everyone for all their comments and pointers. I'm torn between sendig it straight off to Pentax and putting a film through it first. I think it'll probably be the latter. > > Congratulations, Nick. I love my LX, and I'm sure you'll love yours as well. > > I vote "put a roll of film though then send it off to Pentax". Just > because I know you want to go shoot (which you probably have done > already by the time I'm posting this). > > cheers, > frank > > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > > > > > -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke