Thomas, I just purchased off ebay an MX that was Gold Level repaired by this outfit: http://abilenecamera.com/
The camera seems to be working perfectly and they looked to do a great job. Ironically, I was just getting ready to send my other MX in to them when I purchased this new one. I personally would be very willing to have them work on my cameras. HTH, Bruce Wednesday, May 28, 2003, 10:05:03 AM, you wrote: TH> Okay, let's try again. I had asked: >> As I was playing with my new MX toys I noticed the back of one >> of my MX bodies is not securing tightly. If I press the back near >> where it latches (the side opposite from the hinge), it moves in >> (and comes back out when I release the pressure). That can't be >> right! :-) Well, at least my other MX's are solid there, their backs >> do not move when I press near the latching edge. >> >> So I guess I need to send this to someone to be repaired, and a >> CLA wouldn't hurt as well. Do we know of any expert MX repair >> resources? I see mention of a place in Colorado often, who are they >> and are they good for MX repairs? Any other recommendations? >> I do not mind sending the equipment far way to get it worked on >> by real experts in Pentax MX repair. >> TH> Since then I found a few links to repair shops, and a thread at Photo.net TH> (or was it Boz's K-mount page?) where folks gave recommendations. It would TH> seem that the place in Colorado is the Pentax USA repair center, and there TH> were two other places that seemed well recommended, Dean's Camera Repair in TH> Torrance, CA and Mike's Camera Repair in Buford GA. But the recommendations TH> were from way back in 2000! :-) TH> Can anyone confirm the recommendations for these repair places? Any comments TH> or opinions about them? Have any of you used them? Would you recommend TH> somewhere else? Who would you send it to? Can I get a response here!?! TH> Thanks for listening! - THaller TH> P.S. Alan, thanks for the suggestion to use the velvet film cartridge lips TH> and repair this myself, but I'd prefer to pay a pro to fix this, and the TH> camera's due for a CLA anyway...
