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Just blew $150 on a 'universal' shutter repair kit that didn't fit anything
I got excited by the listing saying it worked for a bunch of older SLRs, but the parts were just slightly off for the three different models I tried it on. Ended up having to order the correct parts anyway and wasted a whole afternoon. Has anyone found a decent source for specific vintage shutter blades, or do you just have to cannibalize donors?
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logan6582mo ago
That universal kit sounds like a common trap for old Pentax cameras.
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jordancarr2mo ago
Ouch, that's a rough one. Logan658 is right about those kits being a trap for Pentax stuff. I've had decent luck finding exact blades on eBay by searching the specific camera model number, but it's a waiting game. Cannibalizing donors is often the only real fix for less common bodies.
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michaelgrant2mo ago
Check the old repair manuals online... sometimes they list a part number for the blades that @logan658 might not know about.
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