Agreed, sit and watch a movie and cock and fire the camera the whole time. Pentax bodies thrive on being used, idle time makes them stiff (like me). ;-) I try to keep a winder on hand so I can "work" a body well before I sell it, keeps problems to a minimum. I have 50-75 Pentax bodies at any given time, it's inevitable that some sit idle for quite a while before getting sold/used.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Shell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 6:45 AM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: sticky mirror... MX ? > > > > On Feb 11, 2006, at 7:18 AM, Francis Tang wrote: > > > I had the MX serviced three years ago by Pentax Service here in the > > UK. > > Admittedly, since then I've hardly used the camera and it did spend > > most of > > those three years in hot and humid conditions in the Far East. > > > Fire it a bunch of times without film. It may be sticky just from > lack of use. If the mirror doesn't go all the way up, help it gently > through the lens mount with a clean cotton swab. If this doesn't > make it happy, time to go back to service. > > Bob >
