I think I paid $25.00 for a very nice H1a with a 55mm with f1.8 Super Takumar to get a the second lens being sold with the package a beautiful like new SMC Takumar 35mm f3.5. I look at the H1a being a free camera, (If I ever visit Hoover Dam, I plan to shoot film in the generator room with the H1a, because it has no electronics that can be screwed up.
Paul Stenquist wrote: > I would bury the camera in the backyard. Leave it there for about two > months. Then, if you still want an S1A, buy one on ebay for twenty > bucks or so:-). > Paul > On Dec 13, 2007, at 6:38 PM, Peter wrote: > > >> Hi there! >> >> I have a Pentax S1A that I want to get overhauled and working again. >> >> Here's the thing though, I am trying to deodorize it first. The camera >> has spent the last 30+ years inside it's case and the back of the >> camera (curiously not the front) seems to have this strong sweetish >> aroma coming from the black textured area that makes me dizzy. I have >> let it sit in the open air for the last 2 months and nothing changed. >> >> I have tried dish soap, potassium hand soap, castile hand soap. No >> luck. I've tried leaving it in a casserole container with baking soda >> for several days, no luck either. >> >> I still have on my list to try: vinegar in a bowl in the container >> overnight, paste of hydrogen perioxide mixed w/ sodium bicarbonate in >> order to generate massive oxygen and scrub at it, zeolite overnight, >> newspapers overnight, charcoal overnight, spray it with febreze >> (cyclodextrins). >> >> I suppose a last resort would be to strip the grip material off and >> replace it, but I'd like to avoid doing that because it's in perfect >> condition. >> >> Advice appreciated. >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. >> > > > -- I am personally a member of the Cream of the Illuminati. A union with the Bavarian Illuminati is contemplated. When it is complete the Bavarian Cream Illuminati will rule the world -- Anonymous -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
