Thanks Ralph, The shutter times seem accurate, certainly at the slower speeds. The shutter curtains appear to be playing ball! I have no way of checking the faster times and it’s not worth sending it off for that to be done. The true test can be with a roll of film.
This MX is my very first Pentax bought new in 1981 and only ever used by me. Stopped using it regularly in 2003 so it has sat for 20 years in the warm and dry on a shelf over my desk. I rattle off a few shutter firings every once in a while, so I’ve no reason to think that it’s misbehaving. The mirror foam is still there and performing its function. If iut hasn’t been fired in a while the mirror sticks up on the first couple of shots, then it’s fine. I’m just making sure it will last another 20 years - although my son knows that I want to be buried with it, so he’ll have to give it back one day - although I’ll never know!! :-0 Cot > On 26 Jun 2023, at 16:40, Ralf R Radermacher <fotor...@gmx.de> wrote: > > Before you start working on that camera: have you checked the shutter? > The MX's shutter curtains have a tendency to play tag when they get old, > resulting in somewhat different exposure across the frame. > > Not something you could easily repair yourself. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
