Originally posted by monochrome I sent the Sightseeing Screwmount (Green R SV) for a CLA but he said he couldn’t find anyrhing wrong with it (users had reported black exposures and 100% overexposures - personally I think the Film wasn’t fully advanced). Adjusted the speeds and sent it back N/C. I’m testing it extensively now.
I finally sent the K1000’s I said I would send as evaluation bodies. K1000 early MIJ; K1000 SE BN transition body (probably HK); later K1000 SE BN HK.
Assuming no issues I plan to send my AP and two Asahiflexes and a pristine ESll. That will put me somewhere around 30 bodies I have either sent or bought with a proven Eric CLA since 1999.
I promise you that after 35 years of shooting film in Pentax cameras, including an AP, K, SV, S1a, Spotmatic, K1000, ME, ME Super, Super Program, K1000, Km, KX, and LX, that I am not short stroking the advance lever. No camera in good working condition had ever given me the trouble that I experienced with the "sightseeing screwmount." The fact that more than one experienced photographer has experienced trouble with the camera should be enough evidence that a problem exists. After I posted this thread, other Pentaxians came forward in PMs, telling me that they had experienced similar troubles with cameras "repaired" or "serviced" by Eric. They expressed concern with making their complaints public because they still had cameras in the shop with him and didn't want to jeopardize those repairs by making public complaints. My guess is that either Eric made some adjustment to this SV ("adjusted the speeds" means he fixed something) and said that he found nothing wrong, or that I will experience further malfunctions when I get it back. The camera was not functioning correctly when I had it. I guarantee it.