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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
04-17-2016, 12:26 PM
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Hey, everyone. The other day I was in Birmingham, AL and found a classic Pentax K1000. It was in great condition albeit a few scratches here and there. It worked great at the store, so I bought it. However, there's a problem...
-When I advance the feed and snap the shutter, it often sticks and all I see is black. This happens often. The mirror is only dislodged when I bump the camera against my palm, something I am never comfortable with.
-This symptom lessens in warm weather, and is nonexistent when I hold my camera vertically. This leads me to believe that it is a mechanical problem and not gooey light seals, although anything is possible.
-According to the instructables tutorial on how to fix a stuck Pentax ES Spotmatic, I opened the camera up and applied a minimal amount of oil in the gears around the pin, cock, and fire body, but this provides only temporary relief.
-Without film, I can advance and shoot several test shots, and the sticky shutter gets better, but this is just not practical when the camera is loaded with film.
Any technical advice would be greatly appreciated. I believe that Pentax's are one the best film cameras around. This one just needs some love.
Thanks,
Dairy_Adventure
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