Thank you to all who replied, both privately by email and on-list, regarding the LX+lenses kit I asked about.
The LX has "sticky mirror" syndrome. At least, I think it does. The symptoms are: slower mirror return when on automatic, but reading a shutter speed of 1/30s, than when manually set to 1/30s; and mirror locking up on one occasion when on "Automatic," only to "un-lockup" upon rotation of the shutter speed dial off of "Automatic." The 400/5.6 appears to have either oil or fungus on an interior element. I'm leaning toward it being oil. I erred on the 300mm lens specification. It is an A* lens, but it's the 300/4. Still a great lens, by accounts I've read on Stan's site, but is it still a great deal? Aric
