jake_lighthouse

I have been thinking about that as well, I think it'd only be worth it to fix myself if I could, I'm hoping there is a simple answer. I paI'd $15 for it and it came with the 50mm lens a vivitar 85-205mm and a 500mm both of those have T-2 mounts so adapters could be used with my other cameras. I don't think it'd make much sense for those specific camera to pay so much to repair it. Just MHO. Might just wait for a k100 body to pop up on Craigslist or something if all else fails.

I have a number of 35mm cameras but I got a K1000 a few days ago so that I could just grab and go with it. But I have noticed that with the 50mm lens there might be oil on the blades of the aperture, Sometimes the aperture doesn't open after you press the shutter release. I can just replace the lens so I'm not too worried about that, but aside from that when I press the shutter release the mirror seems to react slow going up and sometimes only goes about half way down. It never gets stuck all the way up though. I was going to put some work into this camera like painting some things and replacing the worn leather but if it isn't functioning properly obviously I'd rather not.<div></div>