----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 6:06 AM Subject: SF1 repair
> So has anybody taken an SF1 apart? Have I just got something jammed in the > winder gears? Will I ever be able to use this camera without replacing that > wavy shutter blade? (Was it Cesar who put his finger thru the shutter? > Those blades are a lot more resilient that I imagined!) Any advice on what I > do next? I had an SF10 that a guy had put his finger through the shutter on. I just (carefully) pulled the shutter blades out of the track (I recall they attach on the left side when looking from the back, and ride free on the right side), and then slipped them back into their path, one blade at a time. The shutter stayed light tight, and has worked properly for 10 years since my "repair". I suspect what has happened with yours is that the shutter has jammed, and so the camera is stuck part way through an exposure cycle. You want to remove the battery before trying this on the shutter, on the off chance it is jammed. You don't want the shutter cycling with a blade out of the track...... William Robb - 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 .
