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On 11/15/2010 7:56 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
Fortunately, we never have problems with the DSLRs.
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:09 PM, John Sessoms<[email protected]> wrote:
Yeah, I can hear something going on in there. All that whizzing, and
whirring and clunking would be cool sound effects if it weren't for the
problem with the mirror return.
I've been doing what you suggest, exercising the shutter.
Current status:
Speeds 1/15 second or faster the mirror will return about 99% of the time.
The mirror will also return on B.
Speeds 1/8 or slower the mirror stays up, but all I have to do is cock it&
set the shutter speed to 1/15 or greater. I'm now mostly not having to turn
it upside down to unstick the mirror.
I'm afraid I won't have time to get it serviced before my trip. That is, I
may be able to get it in to the shop I use, but I don't know if I'll get it
back in time.
Meanwhile, I already have film in the LX& I'm going out today and exercise
it.
If the LX lets me down, I've still got a Super Program and 2 PZ-1p bodies to
go through. I don't know which camera I'm going to use yet, other than I
intend it to be a Pentax of some sort.
I really wanted it to be the K1000, but how ever it works out, *I AM* going
to shoot those last two rolls of Kodachrome on my trip!
From: "P. J. Alling"
The slow shutter speeds are controlled by a different timer than the
fast. Sounds like the lubrication has gotten stiff. Maybe exercising
the shutter a number of times at varying speeds will loosen it up.
Otherwise a CLA is in order. Objectively the camera isn't worth a CLA
but if you like it it's worth it.
On 11/13/2010 8:00 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
Got the K1000 out and dusted it off. Battery checked good
according to the user manual. Ran it through all the shutter
speeds. Everything checked out fine.
Until I put a roll of film in it (*NOT* one of my last 2 rolls of
Kodachrome).
Then the mirror developed a peculiar malfunction. Mirror won't
return if the shutter speed is 1/8 sec or slower.
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