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Glenn Kress
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, September 10, 2004 - 07:07 am: | 
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I was given an older Pentax S1a (with screw mount Takumar lens)which came from an estate. This older camera is still in pristine condition except that the mirror stays up & the shutter performance is erratic and sticks open @ speeds below 1/30th of a second. Although I've never dismantled an SLR before, I've removed the botton cover and found the gears/springs/levers perfectly clean.
I would love to get this camera working - any advice would be sincerely appreciated. I would tackle removing the top to inspect (and if necessary clean) if I had detailed instructions for doing so. Could someone point me in the right direction.
Sincerely
Glenn |
Jan Dvorak
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, September 10, 2004 - 04:30 pm: |
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Glenn,
This is a typical problem with a camera that has not been used for a long time. Culprits are dried lubricant, incorrect tension on the shutter curtains etc. Not an easy repair for a novice. I did just a quick search and came up with a service manual for a Pentax Spotmatic.
Link is here: http://www.robertstech.com/files/spot_sm.pdf
The S1a shutter is similar.
Good luck,
Jan |
Glenn
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 12:05 pm: |
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Thanx Jan - I'll have a look at the Spotmatic manual.
Have a great day
Glenn |
Kim
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2004 - 04:06 pm: |
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Hi,
If you need it, I can supply a copy of the S3 manual which covers nearly all of the S/H range.
Regards
Kim |
