Err, is it OFT or OTF? Never owned an LX but if one surfaces,
and the condition and price are right, I could become an LX
owner.
Len
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> Mark Cassino
> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 9:42 AM
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> Subject: LX Metering
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> I thought I read somewhere that the LX could handle
> very long exposures
> with the OFT metering system. I've been fiddling
> around with mine and
> there seems to be a maximum duration for the exposure
> based on the ISO
> setting. At the slowest speed (ISO 6) the shutter
> will stay open for 7 or
> 8 minutes, and then shut. At the fastest (ISO 3200)
> it will stay open for a
> second or two and then shut. I tried testing it with
> lens cap in place and
> the front of the lens face down so no light could get
> in - but even with
> virtually no light these maximum times don't change.
> Somehow I had the
> idea that you could pop open the shutter in the dark
> and it would stay open
> for however long it took to get the correct exposure.
>
> Is my LX functioning correctly? (It _was_ serviced
> by Pentax just 6 months
> ago.)
>
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