Pentax K1000 Problem

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Author Message   Dvishloff Tinkerer Username: Dvishloff Post Number: 1 Registered: 08-2009 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Wednesday, August 05, 2009 - 08:32 am:        Hello All, I have a Pentax K1000 that I got for cheap from a school district because they had no use for it. It had sat on a shelf for more than 10 years unused. When I started using it everything worked fine but after a while photos started being darker on one side of the frame then the other (right hand side of a printed picture). I am pretty sure the camera needs a cleaning, but was wondering if anybody knew of any issues like this that I should watch out for? Thanks!   Monopix Tinkerer Username: Monopix Post Number: 34 Registered: 11-2008 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Wednesday, August 05, 2009 - 09:51 am:        The shutter curtains are tapering - which means they're not running at the same speed so the exposure varies across the frame. Getting the camera serviced should sort it out. There's a service manual at http://www.pentax-manuals.com/markroberts/k1000_man.pdf if you want to take a look.

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