ME Super BLACK.. who does a good CLA?

jtk · Jul 4, 2020

I have 3 MEsupers....the otherwise flawless BLACK one needs a prism transplant (probably from one of my others).

The mirroring in the prism appears to be failing.

Who (link please?) can survey this and potentially do the job. IMO the MEsuper is operationally the best Pentax 35 ever.

awty · Jul 4, 2020

By the looks of it anyone who has a basic understanding of camera mechanics and a few basic tools. Ive replaced prisms in Nikon cameras and they have been very easy to do so far. Prism has probably just been jarred loose and just needs resetting

jtk · Jul 4, 2020

Thanks...the prism itself appears to suffer, not just the mounting. Might try your instructions tho I'd prefer to pay somebody as I'm buried in projects...

btaylor · Jul 4, 2020

Pentaxs.com Eric Hendrickson seems to be the guy. I used him once for a SP500 that was jammed. Inexpensive, great turn around time. That was a couple or 3 years ago.

dourbalistar · Jul 4, 2020

You could try Eric Hendrickson:
https://pentaxs.com/

Pentode · Jul 5, 2020

+1 for Eric Hendrickson. He completely overhauled 2 bodies for me about a year and a half ago. Good communication, fast turnaround, VERY reasonable prices and the work was perfect.
For Pentax, Eric's the guy. Hands down.

jtk · Jul 5, 2020

Eric Henderson responded almost immediately to my query. I plan to send him my Black as well as a donor...

It was suggested that the Black's prism could be re-silvered...that would be better than offing the donor except that most silver Pentaxes are worth nearly zero so no loss.

Kodachromeguy · Jul 5, 2020

Another positive recommendation for Mr. Eric Hendrickson. He overhauled my wife's 1971 Spotmatic, and it works very well. He asked about voltage of the batteries, but we have spare mercury batteries for the meter, so we left it at 1.35V.

ME Super BLACK.. who does a good CLA?

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