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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
03-18-2013, 06:20 AM
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Thank you for the tip, Treker. Unfortunately, it did not work. It's pretty sure that electric circuit is broken someway. I'll try to disassemble the camera deeper and just after it's almost 100% to send it to a tech, as I have no idea in its mechanics and electronics!
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
03-16-2013, 06:21 AM
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Thank you Steve,
I still wait if someone has a hint by chance, before I give up and turn myself to professionals. A thing that makes me stubborn is the fact that it was working perfectly just before I took off the top and bottom plates and the release button. I could swear the reason it broke is quite simple!
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
03-13-2013, 01:14 PM
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Hello,
could someone who has knowledge in Pentax ME electronics help with an advise concerning an issue with the meter/AE? I've read several threads on the forum about broken meters but my case does not seem to be one of them. The situation is as following:
I shot a film roll with my ME (not Super), with meter and auto exposure perfectly working. Then I had a problem with the mirror. It was stuck after I finished the film and rewound. The film advance lever stayed completely loose and the small rewind button on the bottom cover stuck. I tried several tips that I found in the forum here (like switch first on 100X and some other soft solutions) and that did not work. So I unscrewed the bottom, released the small rewind button. But the rest was intact. I unscrewed three tiny screws from the top cover and two side screws from the release button. Some more touches and gentle pushes which did not help. Then I tried to take off the top cover but found that I need to take off first the film advance lever, the rewind lever, etc. It seemed to me risky, as I am not an expert. So I just pulled a bit more the film advance lever, and... the mirror unstuck. So I put everything back and mechanically it works as before.
Though a problem now is that the metering and auto exposure stopped completely. I can only use 1/100 and bulb. In Auto mode the camera gives the same 1/100, as if there were no more batteries. I obviously took the batteries off, then back, tried another couple of fresh batteries. Nothing helps. No light in the prism indicating the proper exposure an no change in shutter speed, independently of the light strength. I checked back under the bottom cover if I had not broken accidentally the wires from the battery compartment to the camera scheme. They seem OK. So, the current is probably interrupted somewhere else.
If someone could give me an expert opinion based on the knowledge of the AE scheme in Pentax ME, I would really appreciate. Where should I check and what should I fix in order the AE works again? Could I break or just loosen the contacts under the top cover or under the release button when I attempted to inspect the camera and tried to shift (very slightly) the top cover? Or does it depend on the release button where the Auto position makes the current?
Any technical help and relevant links will be appreciated, as I really like this camera!
Thanks in advance
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