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Author Message   Chris Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Saturday, April 17, 2004 - 08:06 am:    Hi, I have two cameras (Pentax Spotmatic SP & Soviet Leningrad) plagued by the same problem: At 1/1000 the shutter curtains don’t open (i.e. the shutter fires, but no light is visible at all through the curtains). At other speeds, the speeds seem accurate & the curtain speeds regular (computer monitor test) , but with 1/1000 the frame always remains black (also in daylight) or – with the Spotmatic – ½ the frame is exposed if I hold the camera vertically... Is there an easy fix which won’t send all the other (apparently accurate) speeds out of adjustment, or should I take them to a professional? Thank you, Chris