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Picked up a box of old camera gear at a yard sale in Tacoma last weekend.
It was five bucks for a whole plastic tub. Mostly junk, but buried under some old cables was a Pentax K1000 with a 50mm lens. The light meter seems dead, but the shutter works fine. I cleaned it up and ran a test roll through it, and the photos came out sharp. I haven't seen one of these in the wild for a long time. Has anyone else had luck fixing the meter on these, or is it better to just use a handheld one?
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dakotacraig1mo ago
Those meters are often dead for good, but a handheld one works great.
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lily_dixon271mo ago
My buddy's built-in meter died and he had to buy a handheld anyway.
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vera_hart1mo ago
Agree with @dakotacraig on the handheld ones. The built-in ones fail so hard and you can't even swap batteries. A cheap handheld meter is way more reliable and you can use it for other stuff too. It just makes more sense than trusting a part that's known to break.
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