Pentax S3 shutter

Chan Tran

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• Jul 1, 2018

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I have a Pentax S3 which is cosmetically very nice. The shutter speeds is sometimes close to the correct speed but at times the slow shutter speed especially the 1 sec is very short. More like 1/15 or so. It seems that faster speed are OK as they don't change. Anyone has an idea on what is wrong?

 

John Koehrer

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• Jul 1, 2018

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Um, It's over fifty years old.kinda likely sort of that it may need a bit of cleaning & lubing.

 

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Chan Tran

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• Jul 2, 2018

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John Koehrer said:

Um, It's over fifty years old.kinda likely sort of that it may need a bit of cleaning & lubing.

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Just kidding but would you do it for me John?

 

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• Jul 2, 2018

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http://www.pentax-manuals.com/manuals/service/servicemanuals.htm

 

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• Jul 2, 2018

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Hi Chan,
Seriously If I thought I'd finish it in a short time, then sure.
But I've been having trouble devoting myself to fixing anything that I can't use an engineers hammer on.

 

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Chan Tran

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• Jul 4, 2018

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Hi John,
Well I won't attempt to fix it. I would put it on Ebay and states the problem see if I get anything for it.