So... I got LX... Locally from friend of a friend, very good deal on a very good body... Thanks everyone here, who (off list) offered help! This was really helpful and really appreciated. No hard feelings that I did not got yours :)
While working on getting LX, I got together a list of thing, which need to be checked. Found good checklist here and also added tips from PDML. Below is the full list, if anyone is interested... • LED’s not stable when ISO dial touched or wriggled • Mirror foam missing or deteriorating. Should be dealt with immediately before contamination and permanent damage to focusing screen occurs. • Hot shoe loose. • Mirror hesitates or does not release, normally on first one or two exposures after a period of non-use but can occur more often in severe cases. • Mirror stays in the up position in auto or manual speeds from 1/60 downwards. This fault although similar to sticking mirror fault is quite different and is known as “magnet warning” and can occur in bright lighting conditions only. • Red exposure compensation flag in viewfinder not working. • Viewfinder infinity focus inaccurate caused by worn or missing mirror rubber. • Condition of titanium foil shutter blinds. • Rapid battery drain or meter not switching off. Cause can be due to malajusted main switch or more seriously, defective electronic countdown circuit within main printed circuit board. • Rewind shaft not perpendicular and is angled slightly inwards. To check, pull the rewind knob upwards so that all of the rewind shaft is exposed. This fault is caused by impact and in many cases there could be no other visual evidence of impact although the rewind knob could also be distorted and ISO dial defective. • Operation of Multi function lever. • Finder not locking onto body due to defective lock lever on body. • Shutter release lock collar ineffective. • Shutter speeds from 1/60 downwards erratic or shutter stays open at slower speeds. This is normally due to a fault in the shutter speed control assembly situated immediately under the shutter speed dial. • Other “unusual” faults not listed are very rare and are, we find, generally the result of previous poor quality repair work carried out by other repairers. • Open the shutter in a darkened room, leave, and it will expose the film for many minutes or even hours and then shut down when the correct exposure is achieved. Test to be sure it does longer exposures - at least 15 minutes. The real time metering on mine still works - turn on the room lights and the shutter closes - it just does not work in fairly dim situations for really long exposures. Dmitry -- //DG LOC(NJ) //* -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
