CLA prices seem to depend on cost of living of the area you live in. Here
in the Seattle area, which has housing prices approaching southern
California prices, a Spotmatic CLA with meter calibration and diode to
accept non-mercury batteries runs about $120 with tax. For me, it is well
worth it. Any random used Spotmatic may not even have a meter functioning
well enough to be calibrated (I have one of these too). If your meter is
working fine, then stick with a known entity, I say. My original Spotmatic
II that I got 25 years ago was CLA'd last year for the first time since
Pentax had it in 1978 (sticker still inside). I was amazed at how much
easier the film advanced, and the meter seems dead on with my ZX-5n.
Cheers,
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Evan Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 6:28 AM
Subject: Spotmatic Weekend Woes
> I spent this weekend in taking pictures
> of my children and flowers. Everything
> was going wonderfully when I fired the
> shutter on my spotmatic and I quickly
> noticed the mirror had locked up. Now I
> have had problems in the past with the
> mirror locking up at very slow shutter
> speeds but it always came unstuck after
> I fired it off again. Well this time it
> locked up at 1/500 and will not come
> undone. I guess it's time for a CLA
> along with the repair any idea on how
> much I can count on spending?
>
> Evan Hanson
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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