Finally got that sticky shutter on a 1973 Pentax Spotmatic working after three evenings of cleaning the old lube off the curtain tracks.

I was about to give up and call it a parts donor, but a final pass with some lighter fluid on a cotton swab did the trick, and hearing that crisp 'click' again felt like a real win.

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fiona_carr2613d ago

Remember my friend who just sold his for scrap?

brian_taylor1513d ago

That's just a temporary fix, honestly.

angela_patel7513d ago

Yeah, "temporary fix" is exactly right. I tried something like that last year and it totally fell apart after a few weeks. Felt like such a waste of time.