I spoke to a pentax rep at photokina last year, and he said they upgraded the materials on the cranking mechanism, and made a minor adjustment to the film advance mech on the cranking mechanism.
Given that of my 5 bodies, the 2 6x7's have died of this major failure, while the 67 (and 2 67ii's) are still alive, I would think he was speaking the truth :) my 2c Oliver ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 5:46 AM Subject: Re: PENTAX 67 BODY QUESTION > Thanks Rob. I'd been meaning to ask the same question. That button is on the > 6x7 as well. Which leads me to another question. What distinguishes a 67 from > an MLU 6x7 other than the typography? > Paul > > Rob Studdert wrote: > > > On 9 Jan 2002 at 0:00, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > > > > Got my P67 today. Figured most of it out > > > without a manual but there is 1 small button > > > on the front on the shutter side of the body > > > that is unlabeled. Anybody know what it's for? > > > It seem that one would need a pen to activate it. > > > > It's the mirror release, you have to push it after replacing your battery if > > your old battery dies mid-way thought an exposure. > > > > Cheers, > > Rob Studdert > > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
