Well, if he did a complete CLA, he removed and replaced the shutter, so you can call him a liar if he said he didn't touch it. To disassemble a ME Super you have to unsolder a bunch of wires, and disconnect a few plugs, a poorly done connection at any one of these could possibly cause the problem you describe. Give the guy a chance to fix it, tell him you don't want to put anymore money into it, he ought to respect that and just check to see if it is something he, or one of his techs did wrong. I always give a tech, the chance to go back and correct something, often what the problem is only obvious when you get it back. Why figure the guy is trying to cheat you, when it is most likely just a tiny mistake in reassembly?
If it really is a shutter problem it is probably not worth fixing as these shutters were designed to be replaced, and not fixed. That does not mean a clever guy with some old ones can not actually fix one, but it is seldom worth the cost. Especially right now when so many are selling off their film gear to buy digital and a really decent ME Super is going for $100 or so on Ebay. Here in the states you can take someone who doesn't perform his work as expected to court. Wow, a couple of days of your time, 3 months without the use of the camera and you may, may I say, get your money back. Hardly worth it, we depend just as much on the honor of the person we are dealing with as you do over there. The worse thing that can happen is when both of you figure the other is trying to cheat him. I would think the last thing the guy would want is to have you showing the camera to his potential customers and telling them he was supposed to have fixed it. If you decide to look for a MX, you need to be aware that most of them have been used very heavily. A few were bought by snapshooters and wound up in a drawer somewhere, but mostly they sold to very serious photographers who used them a lot. The MX I bought new for example were used for 10 years, 1/2 of that professionally before I sold them off. They were still working OK, but both bodies had at least 5000 rolls of film through them. The next owner probably used them heavily too. The obvious first thing to look at is the meter, if it is not working skip it, there are no parts out there. The next is to put a roll of film in it and run it through the camera. Check that the film advance is smooth and tight. If it is jerky, or sloppy the camera is basically worn out. Other common problems is the inside shutter speed dial not lining up with the outside one, and the tiny prism that shows the aperture from the lens being broken off (it is cemented to the pentaprism). Those do not affect the performance of the camera but are annoying. Also many of them have had motordrives on them most of their lives, they can be pretty worn out even though the advance lever still is tight, watch for the jerkiness I mentioned above. As you can tell from the above paragraph I do not recommend buying a MX unless you can handle it first. I just bought one off Ebay. Turned out to be relatively good mechanically (everything works), but it has a chipped mirror and is quite ugly. The foam is goo and it definitely needs a thorough going through. I am capable of doing that myself and planned on it when I bid. It did come with an almost mint MX Winder however, and only cost me $120. It was a gamble I won. A good user MX body should not go for more than $200US (Slightly more from a reputable store with a warranty.) these days. If it is much more it is a collectable, or a rip-off. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "T Rittenhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 12:33 AM Subject: Re: My ME Super is in trouble > Tom, > > TR> Most shops guarantee their work, Boris. I would think there would be no > TR> charge. > > TR> Ciao, > TR> Graywolf > > No disrespect, but it immediately shows that you never lived in > Israel. You're actually wrong. Very often, especially in a case such > as mine, the guarantee is a kind of spoken agreement between customer > and service provider. > > For instance. I was talking about bad shutter even before I gave them > the camera. Now the camera is cleaner, somewhat tighter, and the foam > is replaced. They will claim that they did not touch the shutter. > Since most probably shutter has a problem they would be happy to take > it in again and try to fix it. For charge of course. > > Anyway, I must figure out a way to replace it somehow... I think... > > Boris > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.507 / Virus Database: 304 - Release Date: 8/4/03
