everyone, thanks for all of your input. I tried both of the suggestions below, as well as bruce's advice to lift the shutter manually, and nothing has worked. I decided to take the silly thing apart (hell, it was free, and if nothing else it would be a learning experience) but two of the screws are stuck and whoever tried to take them out before me destroyed the top of the screws so that no screwdriver will grip them.
how on earth do you get these tiny things out when a screwdriver won't work? there's got to be a way. > -----Original Message----- > From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 8:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: new to the list, + a repair question > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Stephanie Stiavetti > Subject: new to the list, + a repair question > > I tried to get one of my ME Supers to repeat your problem, > unsuccessfully. If the mirror is locked up, but you cannot > release the shutter, then the mechanism has come out of its > sequence. You could try to finish advancing the film by opening > the camera back and rolling the sprocket towards the take up > spool. > This might cause the shutter to complete it's cycle. > Or, you could paddle its bottom, that might jar the mechanism > into sequence. > > William Robb > > > > on to my question: I recently acquired an old, very loved, > Pentax ME > > Super SE. the mirror is stuck in the up position and > replacing the > > batteries hasn't fixed the problem. I tried to gently > dislodge the mirror > > and it will move back to the down position, but then it pops > right back > > up. neither the shutter release or the film advance lever are > > functioning. > > >
