Tuesday, March 12, 2002, 4:10:22 AM, Mark wrote:
MR> "Paul F. Stregevsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>>I read somewhere that this trick is a good way to shorten the life of your 
>>MX. I thought it was on Peter Spiro's site 
>>(http://ca.geocities.com/spirope/PentaxSLR.htm) but I don't find it there. 
>>Boz's site, maybe?

MR> I think this is an old myth. Using this trick doesn't do anything that tripping
MR> the shutter normally doesn't do. It just separates tha actions.

Hi Mark, how can you be sure? Have you seen the actual mechanism of it
on a stripped down Spottie/MX/... ? I can easily think up several
reasons it could shorten the life of the camera, as well as not.
Unless some evidence is given, you just can't disregard it as myth :)

Good light,
   Frantisek Vlcek
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