Fairly often, M series bodies go on ebay with busted transport (free
swinging winder lever). I think I saw 2 in the past week.
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From: "dick graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 7:53 AM
Subject: M series Film Transport Problems
> Last weekend I spent some time in Barnes & Noble. In the photography
> section I found a book entitled "Classic 35mm SLRs". It coverd almost
> every 35mm slr from the late 1940's on. The Pentax section was quite
> complete but when the author got to the M series(ME, ME Super,MX, etc.) he
> advised against purchising these cameras unless one was quite sure the
body
> was new. He stated that the M series was plagued from the very beginning
> by film transport problems. Atlthough I don't own one, I know that it is
> one of the most popular Pentax cameras on the list. How many of you out
> there with an M camera have experienced the film transport problems he
> warned about.
>
> DG
>
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