On Wed, 22 May 2002, Jim Fellows wrote: > 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 [SNIP] > > 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.
Someone brought in a camera with a mirror stuck in the up position and the person helping them didn't check the batteries?! Sounds like you got a great deal, but the owner obviously doesn't know much about older SLR's. Just something to keep in mind in the future... chris - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
