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Bengi
Tinkerer
Username: Bengi
Post Number: 16
Registered: 11-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 03:17 pm: | 
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I have found a busted Pentax LX on ebay. The owner says that the shutter is released a few moments after presing the shutter button (less than a second). Seems to me that it has to do with the self timer mechanism.
Ideas?
Thanks,
Ben |
Rick_oleson
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Username: Rick_oleson
Post Number: 127
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 09:39 pm: |
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possibly. or maybe a sticky release magnet? i'm not familiar with the specific design of the LX shutter; it was a mechanical/electronic hybrid, don't know how the mechanisms worked that out |
Aaron
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Username: Aaron
Post Number: 3
Registered: 10-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 08:35 pm: |
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It is a known phenomenon that LX's mirror rest will become sticky with age, hence will delay shutter firing. |
Bengi
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Username: Bengi
Post Number: 17
Registered: 11-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 22, 2006 - 12:24 am: |
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So, is the camera worth 80-100 euro sw (i.e. 100-130 US dollars)?Is the gaskets/seals replacemets feasible with the hobbyst knowledge?
Thanks,
Ben |
