It’s a bit of a gamble. You can verify the price to maximize “cheap” but you cannot actually verify the “good working condition “ until you’ve actually bought it. Maybe it is and maybe it isn’t.So many cameras out there for cheap and in good working condition....
With all the ten's of thousands of Minolta X700's out there going for $30 - $50 on EBay or Local Craigslist, it is tempting to get another than to overhaul/repair mine for atleast roughly $100, though it brings a sense of guilt. So many cameras out there for cheap and in good working condition....
Don’t feel guilty now you have a “ parts camera” so when the new one has trouble you or your trusted repair person can do the swap
yea. the yeshica T4 is like that with the focus issueThe trouble is with some camera models , it's the same part that fail .
So most cameras sold for spares all have the same part faulty .
Yes - it can be a crap shoot...That camera is 20-30 years old. You can spend $100 to fix it and it will last another 20-30 years. Or you can spend $30 on a body that may die after a roll or may last another 20 years. No right or wrong answer.
And you can spend $100 to fix it and it craps out on the next roll, maybe because it wasn't fixed right, maybe because some other tire part went south.That camera is 20-30 years old. You can spend $100 to fix it and it will last another 20-30 years. Or you can spend $30 on a body that may die after a roll or may last another 20 years. No right or wrong answer.
Oh no. I am so tremendously clumsy with things. I have yet to punch a titanium focal plane shutter. The sound I personally imagine, must be similar to the sound my broken collar bone made several moons ago. Got distracted on a bicycle drifted into a curb. All I remember is going over the bike, and being so grateful when I was finally able to get my breath back.Eh story time.
I recently found out I have a light leak on my Pentax LX since all the frames on my negatives have a bright spot on the top left corner. I take the lens off, pop the back open, and put the mirror up. Lo and behold there’s a small hole on the bottom right corner. Immediately a flashback from few weeks ago played out in my mind. I painfully watched in slow motion of the exact moment where my camera strap somehow got undone and then followed by a “splat”! Obviously at the time there were some minor cosmetic defect but since the LX is tough as a tank I carried on with my shootings.
Fast forward to me inspecting the small hole on the shutter curtain. I see a little knob and pondered if I could move it and solve my insignificant problem. After moving it so that the hole is completely masked, curiosity got the best of me and a quick search online tells me that it’s the watch data film blind and thumb screw. Realizing that this definitely won’t solve my problem and any photos I take will have a black rectangle on the top left corner meant I needed to send in the camera for repair. After few emails to a repair shop, they requested some pictures of the damage to assess the situation. Since the film blind is obstructing the problem, I decided to do what anyone would do and used my thumb in attempt to move the thumb dial. It’s called a thumb dial for a reason right? Well tough luck because this is where shit really hit the fan.
Due to my fat and buttery finger, general clumsiness, bad luck, or just a combination of all on top of an awful day, the thumb dial did not want to bludge. My finger slipped and went right into the titanium curtain. Now that is not a sound an average person would expect to hear, it was almost like if there was the ideal sound of something being crumbled, somewhat almost cartoon like. I was in shock. I didn’t know how to process this. First, it was anger. How the hell did this happen? It was called a “thumb” dial for a reason! Second, it was straight up confusion. I was so in awe but also puzzled with the sound that the titanium curtain made. I’ve used my LX for the good past 4 years and every press of the shutter gave a loud slap of the mirror. Ive startled people on the streets and shot it in a church in Granda, Spain where silence is mandatory as there was a Nun praying. How can something made of titanium be so fragile? And third, I was defeated. I thought my ingenious solution would solve my light leak issue but instead just exacerbated the situation exponentially. I’ve sent emails to two different repair services, including an officially Pentax licensed one, but to my vain, they would not take on the repair.
The story ends here’s in a down note as I had to grab an LX body from evilBay (although not in 100% functional condition as it suffers the classical sticky mirror syndrome) and send it for repair. So yes, to answer OP’s question, I did exactly that because they wouldn’t let me have camera to camera open heart (curtain) replacement surgery.
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Oh no. I am so tremendously clumsy with things. I have yet to punch a titanium focal plane shutter. The sound I personally imagine, must be similar to the sound my broken collar bone made several moons ago. Got distracted on a bicycle drifted into a curb. All I remember is going over the bike, and being so grateful when I was finally able to get my breath back.
You have my sincere regrets at your predicament.
Best Regards Mike
What made the first hole?
I'm back on my bike. Somewhat wiserDamn Mike, as much as I love that camera it’s not worth a broken collar bone for. Hope you are recovering well, that must have been scary as hell.
No idea, my guess is probably from being dropped. I normally shoot a roll per week and never saw that light leak before I dropped it that day.
Did You Simply Replace Your Broken Camera With Another Because It's Cheaper Than The $$Cost To Repai
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