Still have the H3, my first Pentax. Got it as a college grad gift from my late father. Still use it on occasion. Looks great in the VF not seeing diode lights, needles, etc. that clutter up today's VFs. Now if I still had my old selenium cell Sekonic handheld meter.....
Jim A. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 10:52:12 -0400 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Bodies Survey Results - comment > > Well, I foraged around some and have purchased two old screwmount kits. One > is the K and it's shutter needs some help. The other is a Heiland H3 (USA > version of the S3). > I had trouble with the H3 as it came frozen up. The shutter button was > depressed and nothing would move. After an exterior spray of penetrating oil > (not recommended!), nothing got better until I attached a cable release. It > pulled up the shutter button and things worked. > I took it to a local camera show and had the shutter tested. Slowest speeds > were off (this I could hear!) but the rest was OK. This is rather amazing. I > figure this camera is at least 35 years old and still in operating condition. > Regards, Bob S. > - > 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 . - 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 .
