If your insurance will pay for it, have the LX checked out as well. Misalignment is a distinct possibility. Paul On Mar 28, 2007, at 6:32 AM, Peter Jordan wrote:
> Yesterday was sunny and springlike in Scotland, so I decided to > burn up > some of my last rolls of Velvia. I had some film in my PZ-1 and an LX > with a partly used roll in it, so I packed a bag and headed into > the hills. > > There is a lovely glade with photogenic waterfall near us and I set up > the tripod at the top to take some shots. The PZ-1 was loaded with > some > 400 ASA stuff and I snapped a few shots with that ahead of doing some > slow speed shots of the water. I was about to reload the PZ-1 with > Velvia when I decided that I'd rather use the slow exposure > settings of > the LX, so put the PZ-1 down, opened the LX back and stared blankly at > the half finished roll of Velvia that was already in it. Doh!! > > I reloaded the LX, set up the tripod, put my F28mm f/2.8 on it and > started shooting. I then decided I wanted to go a little wider, so > went > back to the bag and picked up the FA* 24mm f/2. I walked back to the > tripod, slipped, kicked the tripod with LX and lens attached > towards the > waterfall, made a despairing grab for the assemblage and only > succeeded > in sending the 24mm after it. > > Trying not to cry, I looked down and saw that both lends and tripod / > body / lens were stuck against rocks in the water, so I waded out > across > the slippery rocks above the waterfall and managed to retrieve all > the kit. > > By this stage my appetite for photography had vanished, so I went > home, > put the soaking bits on the central heating boiler to dry out and went > to read my insurance policy. > > I've just looked at the kit and the damage report isn't as bad as I > thought. The LX looks fine, and the shutter is working in both manual > and electronic modes, and although I got nothing out of the meter this > morning, much to my amazement it seems to be working perfectly now. > The > finder is still a bit misty inside, and I need to check the alignment, > but this 25 year old body seems to have survived a 20 foot fall plus > partial immersion in a mountain stream for 5 minutes very well. > > Even more amazingly, the 28mm also appears to have escaped > unscathed! I > put it on the PZ-1 this morning and it stopped down and autofocused > perfectly. No damage to any glass either. > > The 24mm is slightly less well off. Mechanically and optically still > perfect, stops down OK, but autofocus is not functioning and my istDL > can't get any sense out of it in terms of aperture readings etc. > > My initial despair has receded somewhat, and it seems that all the > insurance company has to do is cough up for a repair job on the 24mm. > > Peter > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
