An 'Old Friend' back again !

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I got back an 'Old Friend' the other day -- my ORIGINAL Asahi Pentax S3 bought for £87 in 1961 in a Camera Shop in Barking, Essex !! I had sold it to a bloke over 30 years ago and he said " It was not Working any more" -- when he brought it round it looked Very Sad -- the lens was COVERED in DUST ! I cleaned up the body with Cotton Buds ( 'Q-Tips' for you Yanks -- but we still LOVE you ! ) I brushed off the lens dust and cleaned with lens fluid and tissues and it was NOT SCRATCHED !! Then I took off the base-plate and with very small amount of Sewing Machine Oil lubricated all the Cogs and Levers -- then gently wound on and LO !! and BEHOLD !! It creaked into life again !! I took a few frames on Fuji Acros processed in my Home-Made Microphen at different shutter speeds and mostly at full aperture and shutter seems accurate -- lens is a bit 'soft' at f1.8 compared with my Super-Takumars and the 50mm f1.4 SMC Takumar of my Spotmatic F but not bad for 55 years old camera !

Asahi Pentax S3 03 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

Asahi Pentax S3 02 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

Asahi Pentax S3 01 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
 
YaY!

So, he's given it back to you?
 
Great stuff Pete. Love a story like this
 
Nice work! I still yearn for my Nikon FM which I bought new in the 70s (from Elizabeth Wildings in Wigan) and later sold to a friend in the mid 80s, but he's not for selling!
 
pentaxpete said:
I just did a VIDEO on this S3 showing how I renovated it and some actual Old PRINTS taken with it --
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Excellent and thanks for posting :D

We need more joyous stuff like this in the world.
 
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