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Hi Folks, I am after some advice and recomendations please. I have just been given an immaculate Pentax ME super, it doesn’t have a mark on it and looks like it’s had very little use whatsoever but it has been sat in a cupboard for way too long.
I have ordered some batteries and a roll of Ilford XP2 but when I looked over it I noticed that the wind on lever has to be operated more than once to load the shutter.
I was an Olympus OM10 child so the Pentax is totally different for me, it came with a Pentax-A 1:1.7 50mm lens whose aperture ring is difficult to move past f8, should the little button on the aperture lens be pressed to pass f8 and should it be stiff to push down and for the ring to operate past f8.
I would really like to get this backup and running and restored mechanically to its former glory so I can use it. I have googled companies who service 35mm cameras but was wondering if you can recommend any, I hate pinning the tail on the donkey on the internet in an attempt to find a reputable company to carry this out for me.
If you can offer me any advice it really would be greatly appreciated as it’s been a long long time since I was a grinning 13yr old out with her Olympus OM10 and her mum and dad taking photo’s.
Sadly I am now in my late 40’s and a DSLR girl, but would love to go back to basics and learn the art form of 35mm once again.
Thanks In Advance.
I have ordered some batteries and a roll of Ilford XP2 but when I looked over it I noticed that the wind on lever has to be operated more than once to load the shutter.
I was an Olympus OM10 child so the Pentax is totally different for me, it came with a Pentax-A 1:1.7 50mm lens whose aperture ring is difficult to move past f8, should the little button on the aperture lens be pressed to pass f8 and should it be stiff to push down and for the ring to operate past f8.
I would really like to get this backup and running and restored mechanically to its former glory so I can use it. I have googled companies who service 35mm cameras but was wondering if you can recommend any, I hate pinning the tail on the donkey on the internet in an attempt to find a reputable company to carry this out for me.
If you can offer me any advice it really would be greatly appreciated as it’s been a long long time since I was a grinning 13yr old out with her Olympus OM10 and her mum and dad taking photo’s.
Sadly I am now in my late 40’s and a DSLR girl, but would love to go back to basics and learn the art form of 35mm once again.
Thanks In Advance.