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On Jun 1, 2016, at 10:06 PM, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 02 June 2016 at 00:31 Bill <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> On 6/1/2016 2:58 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: >>> So I bought an eBay ME Super. Looks great, has a fine PK-M 50/1.7. >>> >>> My first Pentax was an ME Super with 50/1.7. But it was a while ago. >>> >>> Does anybody remember what to do if the mirror & shutter are frozen in >>> firing position? I.e., mirror down, shutter and film advance not responding. >>> >>> It came with no batteries, I installed fresh, made no difference. A casual >>> inspection shows no signs of corrosion in the battery compartment. >>> >>> Suggestions? >>> >>> stan >> >> Spank it. >> Seriously. >> Hold it my the lens and smack it against the palm of your hand. >> Failing that, send it back to the seller. I'm pretty sure I have one of >> those sitting around. I think it's even a black one. > > Wasn't that for when the mirror stuck _up_? I seem to remember having this > problem with mine and it was because the film transport sprockets had somehow > become out of sync with the rest of the mechanism. Turning them with a > thumbnail, until they locked, fixed it. God ideas. Haven't worked. It seems to like being spanked. Just asks for more. And when I turn the film sprocket, it just free-wheels. I tried "rewinding" the thumbnail-on-sprocket trick, still no change. I am thinking it is an issue with the shutter release per se. The shutter release seems to be cocked and ready but there is no resistance when I depress the release. I'll contact the seller - I got most of my money's worth just with the lens, but I was looking forward to a working film camera to do a few rolls for old-times sake... stan -- 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.
