I was at my local camera shop dropping off my 35mm f2.8 M series lens to have the diarphram cleaned, as it is very sluggish. I was checking out the used gear when a woman came in with an ME-S that the shutter whould not trip. Yoou could use the advance lever but the shutter would not fire and the mirror had been stuck up. The owner agreed that the shutter was damaged and he did not offer repairs for the camaer. She decided to buy a K-1000 from the used case to use with her lenses. I offred to buy the the ME-S from here (plus the everready case) for $25.00 US to use as parts for my ME-S that looks a bit tatered. The meter did not work but I did not really care about that. I brought the camera home and through a set of batteries in it to see if ht old ones were dead and if the meter worked. Low and behold the cmera workd great. All the shutter speeds seam to work well and the meter is also working. I always thaough that the ME-S would fire at 1/125 of a second with out betteries. My old one does. I did get a bargin.
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