Helen's Review of Pentax LX 35mm SLR camera
31st Aug 2003
Overall Rating
- Value for money
late 1970/80 Solid but small ultra reliable camera, designed & built to proffesional standards fully automatic or manual exposure, the body is protected by highly efficient dust & moisture seals (not waterproof) the exposure meter is fantastic even by todays standards, lenses are abundent & suppased only by leica, power usage minimal unlike the battery eating cameras around today, designed to work with or without batteries (on several speeds)will take data back, motor wind/drive,penta prism can be changed for several different ones as will the focusing screens, death of field preveiw mirror lock up for close up work micro photog and much much more highly deceptive camera looks a very simple camera its not you have to get your hands on one to see what it can do & then you will be hooked you will forever compare other cameras against this Clasic
Bad Points
unfortunatley LX has a couple of weaknesses, it suffers from sticky mirror problem the mirror rest upon two shock absorbers which appear to degrade over time and the mirror sticks to them (hence sticky mirror) and tends to lock up upon the first usage of the camera very annoying however because of the super metering of this camera it will be exposed correctly out of focus-blurred but exposed correctly butiful camera, however more serious is because of the degrading of the shock abbsorbers the mirror tends to sink into the material minutely enough to throw infinity out of focus, it can be fixed dont worry you can diy requiring matt black rubber (washing up type glove) apply over the assorbbers or you can pay a pro to fix it for you for peace of mind about £100 inc service.(2003) also LX should have had a exposure lock built in but it did not unfortunatley , i believe you can get them still brand new in japan/germany as LX Millenium (possibly with exp lock)
General Comments
Super Pro camera first of its kind electro mechanical / mechanical electro
The Pentax LX - what a machine
forget the over complicated cameras of today
if you want a smallish camera that delivers first class optics M or A Pentax lenses at unbelievable cheap prices due to fashion trends + all the other manufacturers lenses , first class engineering (metal camera) for reliability,and you want it for a reasonable price anything from £150-250 dont look any where else
at present i use Pentax LX Pentax ME and trying my hand at diital
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Web Links
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Pentax LX - Index Page / Modern Classic SLRs series
The Pentax LX SLR camera, famed for its compactness which capsules a ultra-rugged hybrid body construction, a highly sensitive and innovative metering system, a superb insulation to penetration...
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Pentax LX Special GOLD Edition, 1981 - Index Page
| Back |; Main Index Page of Pentax LX series SLR camera models ... Relative: Gold cameras (SLRs) oufit; Nikon F Gold outfit | Canon F1 GOLD | Nikon F2 GOLD | Nikon FM GOLD | Nikon FA Limited
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Pentax LX - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pentax LX is a 35 mm Single-lens reflex camera produced by Pentax of Japan between 1980 and 2001. The lens mount is the Pentax K mount, allowing the use of almost all Pentax 35 mm format lenses since 1975, excluding the early screw-mount lenses. It was the top-of-the-line...
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Pentax LX focusing screens
More on Pentax LX Focusing Screens ... The very useful Pentax FAQ contains a short list of available Pentax LX accessories, including interchangeable focusing screens.
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Digital Image Studio, The Pentax LX
The Pentax LX Index Publications; ... Pentax LX resources ... The Pentax LX System was well publicised at its release and drew instant accolades however over the following decade its market profile faded,
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All that Glitters: The Asahi Pentax LX Gold - Shoot The Blog
Shoot The Blog: Another golden goose chase, this one in the form of a Pentax. Here's the timeline, as gleaned from some online sources:1981: Pentax had sold its ten-millionth LX SLR camera.
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FOTOGRAFIA NADIR MAGAZINE - Pentax LX
La Pentax LX col suo winder: più leggero e compatto del Motor Drive LX, consentiva l'avanzamento automatico della pellicola ad una velocità massima di 2 fotogrammi al secondo.
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http://www.pentax-manuals.com/
PENTAX, PENTAX MANUALS, CAMERA MANUALS, INSTRUCTION MANUALS, PENTAX SPOTMATIC, PENTAX LX, PENTAX MX, ... The password for all the documents on this site is "Pentax"
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Pentax unveils shiny LX Gold SLR to celebrate 60 years -- Engadget
Um, the Pentax LX Gold came out in 1981. It's not new, in fact they haven't made any LXs for about 5 years now, and I suspect LX gold production ended in the early 80s as well.
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Pentax LX - Full Specifications Modern Classic SLRs Series
Lens Mount: Pentax bayonet mount with fully automatic diaphragm coupling; ... | Back |; To Pentax LX Main Index Page; Home - Photography in Malaysia leofoo MIR Web Development Team. 1998;
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