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Found my old Pentax in my parents' house. Guess I left it there 20 years ago when I thought I was done shooting film.
The deadhead sticker definitely ID's it as mine (it came that way!).
Anyway, mechanically it seems pretty good, but the light meter isn't working, even with a new battery.
This seems to be pretty common for older film cameras.
Any suggestions? I watched a YT video about how to open them up and work on them, and after that, I think I'd really rather not.
This seems to be a pretty common scenario: old film camera works *except* the light meter is dead. Any of you #filmphotography fedis have any suggestions.
Like any tricks to get these things working *besides* a teardown? Or any places that fix this sort of thing for a reasonable amount of money (the camera seems to be worth $150, so a reasonable repair cost would be well under that).
#filmisnotdead #pentax #pentax_K1000 #lightmeter

Finalement, après avoir comparé les mesures entre ma Gossen Sixtino, mes Weston, l'app. Android Lightmeter, et le posemètre d'Aliexpress, le seul posemètre Selenium exact, c'est celui-ci. En attendant ma Sekonic L-208 neuve...
#filmphotography #film #blackandwhitephotography
#filmisnotdead #filmisalive #believeinfilm #analogfilm #filmcommunity #keepfilmalive #bw #argentique #filmcamera #lightmeter #selenium #streetphotography  #chambrenoire #darkroom #bwphotography #noiretblanc