Originally posted by Dangermouse If the camera is fundamentally in good condition then I'd spend the money on the CLA.
I've often thought that if I could afford an LX I'd probably buy a tidy but jammed example and have it repaired. There's just as much chance of a working example locking up at some point, at least that way I'd have one which had been serviced. The price of camera plus CLA would probably be about the same as the price of a working example.
As things stand I'm happy with my KXs and MXs. Yes, I could probably sell them all and buy an LX, but the K and M bodies are simple enough to DIY repair. I have an MX on test at the moment which came to me as a stripped hulk with a dead light meter and non-functional flash connections. After replacing the missing parts and some strategic bending of contacts it seems to work fine, the shutter sounds right compared to a known good example. I doubt an LX would take kindly to the same treatment!
Today I made a little experiment shimming the mirror with some paper and it appears it's 0.5 mm lower than where it is supposed to be, perhaps I might try and emergency repair before sending the camera to CLA.
However these are my K1000 and MX:
I assume the K1000 is an early 1976 model, one still made in Japan:
It has a SMC 55 mm f2.0, gofour said it was the lens meant to be sold with the K1000, first production run.
The MX is a piece of junk, it arrived so dirty that I could barely see inside the viewfinder, the shutter speed wheel was off and the lightmeter didn't work, now it's in working but outside still looks pretty bad:
The LX feels slick and smooth, a pity for this problem because IMO is a camera of another class, much more sophisticated:
Almost like a sort of Leica M3/4 equivalent in the SLR range...a pity it's underrated.
Originally posted by Jean Poitiers Made a few score at the Nantes swap today ... Will post some images of the swap and the gear tomorrow ... Cheap post for "Post-a-thon" contest
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