This is beyond CLA

MFstooges · Dec 22, 2024

This video is ASMR to me. It is beyond the common CLA at least here in my area where they just do the minimum. But the kind of work in the video times dollar per hour for the labor can match cost of new camera.

1976 Pentax ME

mshchem · Dec 23, 2024

I just watched this. Very relaxing. Nice to know that there are people who can do this kind of work. Really amazing looking inside the work of the folks who built these cameras by the millions.

ic-racer · Dec 24, 2024

... I am neither trained nor authorized pentax camera repair professional.. Quote from the video

The above says it all. I'd be surprised if that camera works correctly. I did not see the flange focal distance measured or set, nor the parallelism set. Meter not checked or adjusted. Shutter curtain times not checked or set, shutter stroke adjustment, x-synch timing, mirror angle, etc.

BradS · Dec 24, 2024

Yup. Another instance of destroy it yourself. Too bad.

Andreas Thaler · Dec 25, 2024

ic-racer said:
The above says it all. I'd be surprised if that camera works correctly. I did not see the flange focal distance measured or set, nor the parallelism set. Meter not checked or adjusted. Shutter curtain times not checked or set, shutter stroke adjustment, x-synch timing, mirror angle, etc.

That's why you should always know what you can and can't repair.

A look at the service manual of an SLR shows what you can't do ...

4season · Dec 25, 2024

A nicely edited video: If only I could omit (in real life) all the fiddly and frustrating bits of my own camera repairs!

Chan Tran · Dec 25, 2024

He didn't check anything. I would check the meter. Check shutter speed in auto. Check shutter curtain travel time. All that before even attempt to take it apart.

This is beyond CLA

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