You could always get another FA-1. I've seen several advertised on eBay recently. Another LX advantage.
Nick -----Original Message----- From: "frank theriault"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 28/02/05 23:56:34 To: "pentax-discuss@pdml.net"<pentax-discuss@pdml.net> Subject: Re: [personal] Re: LX Repair Update On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 06:57:53 -0500, David Chang-Sang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If Kominek's can't repair the LX I think Frank would be hard pressed to find > someone else within Canada who could. Their service, from my experience, is > top notch and if it's the same Pentax guy that I'm thinking of, he'll scour > for spare parts etc. in order to fix a working body. > > I hope it gets fixed for you Frank :) I'm actually not too worried, for a couple of reasons. First, I think that the problem is a minor mechanical one, maybe even one that doesn't need parts. Second, if they can't fix it, I have a camera that works fine, except for the flash (although, as I said, ttl flash metering is one of the things I like most about it), so I still have a pretty good camera. Third, Kominek's here in Toronto has a former Pentax Canada tech who works for them, and he (as Dave recalls) repaired a Pentax zoom for Dave that Pentax Canada said was beyond repair. Wait, that's ~three~ reasons.... "I'm actually not worried, for ~three~ reasons. First..." <vbg> cheers, frank (of the Spanish Inquisition) -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson