Vintage film cameras

[yokohama]

If only it was a Leica ...
Pentax stuff actually. A weird assortment. ME Super in good condition but l can't get the LEDs to work. It fires on 125 though.
There's a Pentax 50mm and a 28mm f2.8 with clear optics and a Vivitar 28-200 so that makes it worthwhile. And a couple of rolls of Superia 400 which look unused. Plus an assortment of flashes, filters and a remote sensor.


Bag is yours if you want it. One of the buckles is missing and the seam has a split on one side, which will need patching

[Kenzie]

Nice haul. Hopefully the me super will work, notorious for bad electrics. What's the bag made out of?

[yokohama]

Not exactly sure what the bag's made of. It seems to be some king of thick canvas.
I can send it down if you are interested.

[yokohama]

I took the top off the ME Super and cleaned any contacts i could see but it all looked pretty good in there. No corrosion and no loose solder joints. That's about as far as I can go.
I'd like to check the connection from under the battery box but it looks like the camera needs taking apart to get at that

[Kenzie]

I don't know why the ME Super is so unreliable, I tend to leave them unless they have a decent lens fitted. I've tried to revive a good few but they just won't have it. I picked up a Yashica accessory shoe light meter from the car boot sale along with a Konica Pop 10 point and shoot.

[Kenzie]

A few from the FM

[yokohama]

Nice. I like the 109s. Some moody clouds there too.
Good that the FM works OK.

[Kenzie]

I'm glad it worked too. Didn't want a repeat of the X700 misfire. I wish I had take that first shot on landscape not portrait.

[yokohama]

Interesting development on the ME Super. I was playing around with it again tonight and got a flicker from the diodes. Eventually, I worked out that if i pressed hard on the battery cover with my left thumb and operated the meter with my right hand ... I get lights! It looks like the battery box is attached internally and the whole shutter assembly needs to come out to get access to it. But, a couple of millimetres of tinfoil under the battery cap to increase pressure on the base contacts and .... Hey, it works!

[Kenzie]

That's good news. The ME is a great little camera when it works. Been all over the place today but no joy in the charity shops, only film camera I found was an Instamatic 100.

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