I think it would still be a good idea to put a roll of film through. You seem to be where I was last year with my MX, which I bought new in 79/80.
I resuscitated it last year and all seemed well, not even a sticking mirror, until I got the first roll of film back, which very clearly showed significant shutter lag. I had it serviced, including mirror foam replacement, but after two or three more rolls there was still a bit of a problem with the shutter, which I had fixed under warranty. Anyway, the moral is, don’t believe anything until you’ve film-tested it! Good luck! I guess your recent procedure has been a success, and I hope the MX surgery is successful too, lovely cameras. > On 26 Jun 2023, at 20:26, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > > Thanks Ralph, > > The shutter times seem accurate, certainly at the slower speeds. The shutter > curtains appear to be playing ball! I have no way of checking the faster > times and it’s not worth sending it off for that to be done. The true test > can be with a roll of film. > > This MX is my very first Pentax bought new in 1981 and only ever used by me. > Stopped using it regularly in 2003 so it has sat for 20 years in the warm and > dry on a shelf over my desk. I rattle off a few shutter firings every once in > a while, so I’ve no reason to think that it’s misbehaving. The mirror foam is > still there and performing its function. If iut hasn’t been fired in a while > the mirror sticks up on the first couple of shots, then it’s fine. I’m just > making sure it will last another 20 years - although my son knows that I want > to be buried with it, so he’ll have to give it back one day - although I’ll > never know!! :-0 > > Cot > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
