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Re: [OM] Pentax ME Super

Subject: Re: [OM] Pentax ME Super
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:22:56 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
     Before I donate this to Tempe Camera, is there anyone here who would like 
to have it?  It's surprisingly clean, just needs some repair.

>
>     Okay, I went and got a pair of batteries.  The yellow "under exposed" LED 
> comes on in the viewfinder when I press the shutter release.  The mirror 
> remains up and the curtain remains open.  I noticed a small, thin piece of 
> plastic stick in the curtain track, but it's jammed in there pretty good.  
> While doins so, an arm across the film window moved, and it is not attached 
> to anything on the one end.
>
>     I added a lens, but with no change.
>
>     So, I think this camera body is toast, but it was worth looking into.  I 
> think I'll just take it down to Tempe Camera and donate it to the repair shop 
> for parts.
>
>     The user manual I downloaded is oriented towards automatic use, which is 
> annoying.
>.
>>
>>Two choices:
>>1. Grit teeth, spend $5, see if it works. Maybe sell off one lens to pay for 
>>it.
>>2. Put camera on shelf with lenses. Let guy that buys it sometime in the 
>>future from your estate sale spend the $5, and get to use the camera and 
>>lenses with all the new film that is supposed to be on its way.
>>
>>
>>     Yeah, seriously.  That's a buncha cash to put down just to test this 
>>camera body just to see if it works.  I have quite a few P-K lenses that I 
>>can use with it.  Those have been my second choice for use with my 
>>E-500/510/520 bodies.
>>
>>>
>>>You¹re seriously going to bitch that batteries cost $5? Seriously?
>>>
>>>
>>>>     Yikes!  That's more than what I paid for the camera.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Walgreen has the Energizer pack for about twice that amount.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On 2/19/2017 4:27 PM, Martin Walters wrote:
>>>>>> According to a 2005 post on APUG from our own John H, the following
>>>>>> are equivalent: 357, SR44, SR44W, G-13, MS76, KS76, 303, S76.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Amazon has three packs available around $4.75 per pack (Energizer
>>>>>> 357/303).
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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