Yeah, I will see. I have a bit of a sticky mirror. I used my bulb to blow it out, and it (Reply #19)

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Fri Feb 6, 2015, 06:35 PM

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19. Yeah, I will see. I have a bit of a sticky mirror. I used my bulb to blow it out, and it

worked well after ten or so activations. I will see if it works on my next roll.

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I just bought a film camera. It is a Sears KSX-1000. [View all]	alfredo	Feb 2015	OP
Looks nice,	elleng	Feb 2015	#1
I almost bought a Nikon back in the sixties, but ended up buying a Pentax Spotmatic.	alfredo	Feb 2015	#5
My folks gave it to me as a birthday present,	elleng	Feb 2015	#8
During the Sixties, Nikon was highly respected for its lenses.	alfredo	Feb 2015	#10
Yes, and I bought a couple more lenses,	elleng	Feb 2015	#11
Good glass is always a good buy.	alfredo	Feb 2015	#12
Ain't technology grand?	NV Whino	Feb 2015	#2
Sure is. I love the split image focusing, just like on the Pentax Spotmatic.	alfredo	Feb 2015	#6
I do miss split image focusing.	NV Whino	Feb 2015	#16
You can still get them for most DSLRs..	sir pball	Feb 2015	#17
I got one of those for my D7000	Major Nikon	Feb 2015	#34
I just finished shooting my first roll. The mirror would stick up every now and then.	alfredo	Feb 2015	#18
You need this or something like it for your telephoto lens.	alfredo	Feb 2015	#13
Film cameras are fun.	hunter	Feb 2015	#3
I picked this up for $26 including shipping. The meter works and the owner threw in the flash.	alfredo	Feb 2015	#7
If you want to have some real fun, pick up some infrared film	Major Nikon	Feb 2015	#21
I will wait and see how this turns out.	alfredo	Feb 2015	#22
I have a D5000 that I had converted	Major Nikon	Feb 2015	#24
The newer Olympus cameras have a feature called Live Time. It	alfredo	Feb 2015	#25
In certain applications it would	Major Nikon	Feb 2015	#26
I think a filter would be my first step to see if I like doing IR.	alfredo	Feb 2015	#27
From the looks it seems to be in pretty good shape	Major Nikon	Feb 2015	#4
The meter works, but I have that Sekonic on the way as a backup.	alfredo	Feb 2015	#9
If it works at all there's a good chance it's accurate	Major Nikon	Feb 2015	#14
Yeah, I will see. I have a bit of a sticky mirror. I used my bulb to blow it out, and it	alfredo	Feb 2015	#19
Actually I believe it's a Pentax. equivalent to a K1000.	flamin lib	Feb 2015	#15
I spent many hours shooting with a Pentax Spotmatic and a Yashica D, and a Yashica 35mm.	alfredo	Feb 2015	#20
There's a big difference between this and my Pentax. The film advance lever is also the on off	alfredo	Feb 2015	#23
You inspired me to buy another film camera	Major Nikon	Feb 2015	#28
Grab some Ilford and go crazy! If I can find a good price on a	alfredo	Feb 2015	#29
For years I lusted over a Yashica D or 124	Major Nikon	Feb 2015	#30
I like the square format. It takes me back to the days of my first box camera.	alfredo	Feb 2015	#31
I had a Brownie that was almost identical	Major Nikon	Feb 2015	#32
I loved the shape.	alfredo	Feb 2015	#33
I ran the first roll of film through it yesterday	Major Nikon	Feb 2015	#35
I got my first roll of film back from my Sear/Ricoh camera.	alfredo	Feb 2015	#36

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