Re: LX Problem

2004-09-03 Thread Alan Chan
I do not recommend to mess with the finder either. Better to remove the little left side body cover instead. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan I would not recommend to do that. The left hand top cover is one of the few parts on the LX that are easy to remove ;-) and once you have that off yo

RE: LX problem.

2004-09-02 Thread Malcolm Smith
Peter J. Alling wrote: > Northern Hemisphere, Southern New England, USA Average Daily > Temperature for the past few days 80° F. (Quite hot > actually), unfortunately no. Ah, rats! Mind you, I don't work well in those sort of temperatures. I hope it is a simple fix. Malcolm

Re: LX Problem

2004-09-02 Thread Frantisek
I don't know a solution :-( Good luck with it! fra

Re: LX Problem

2004-09-02 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 11:33:40 -0400, Peter J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a problem that's a bit bizarre, The finder is now jammed on one > of my LXin, it could have happened at any time > in the last few weeks but I just noticed it yesterday when I wanted to > remove the finder and

Re: LX Problem

2004-09-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Sep 2004 at 11:33, Peter J. Alling wrote: > I have a problem that's a bit bizarre, The finder is now jammed on one > of my LXin, it could have happened at any time > in the last few weeks but I just noticed it yesterday when I wanted to > remove the finder and use the screen at waist leve

LX Problem

2004-09-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
I have a problem that's a bit bizarre, The finder is now jammed on one of my LXin, it could have happened at any time in the last few weeks but I just noticed it yesterday when I wanted to remove the finder and use the screen at waist level for a candid. The damned thing wouldn't come off. I

Re: Another LX problem...

2001-05-25 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Alan Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > I don't know about this. The original owner said the split > image gave > > correct focus (that means the middle part of the mirror). By > altering the > > mirror rest (held by 2 screws) under the mirror, the

Re: Another LX problem...

2001-05-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Alan Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: May 24, 2001 11:12 PM Subject: Re: Another LX problem... > >I had the same problem with my third LX (Gosh it is nice to be > >able to say that!!). Adjusting the h

Re: Another LX problem...

2001-05-24 Thread Alan Chan
>I had the same problem with my third LX (Gosh it is nice to be >able to say that!!). Adjusting the height of the bottom mirror >rest was the cure. >Rob Studdert goes into some detail about the mirror rest here >http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/mirrorbox.gif >Adjusting the height of the res

Re: Another LX problem...

2001-05-24 Thread Alan Chan
If the middle part of the mirror is in focus, that means the mirror is out of alignment and could be fixed by professional only. And to recalibrate the mirror (not just the screws under the mirror), the whole LX has to be stripped down (told by Pentax HK two years ago). I believe this is not an

Re: Another LX problem...

2001-05-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Gianfranco Irlanda" Subject: Another LX problem... > My (in)famous third LX, although very nice and almost unused, shows what I > call a heck of a problem: it's impossible to focus properly using the upper > and the lower parts of the

Re: Another LX problem...

2001-05-24 Thread Paul Jones
Hi, I actualy have the exact same problem with my MZ5n, i'll be curious to see what the problem ends up being. Cya - Original Message - From: "Gianfranco Irlanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 12:22 PM Subject: A

Another LX problem...

2001-05-24 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Hi everybody, It seems it's difficult to have a good camera without any fault My (in)famous third LX, although very nice and almost unused, shows what I call a heck of a problem: it's impossible to focus properly using the upper and the lower parts of the focusing screen. To put it clearer: w

Re: Another LX problem...

2001-05-24 Thread Rob Studdert
On 25 May 2001, at 2:22, Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: > I know that something about the alignment of the mirror is really wrong, but I'd > like to know what your experiences about similar problems are before I take the > camera to the Pentax central assistance in Florence. Hi Gianfranco, The probl