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Happened across an old Pentax MG 35mm SLR at a thrift shop last evening for $8... couldn't pass it up for that steal of a deal, I've been wanting a decent film camera to kind of tinker with. I couldn't get it to work correctly in the store but it didn't seem like anything was actually broken, just seized from sitting around or what-have-you, figured a bit of a deep clean would help that along. It's a bit rough in places (battery cap is stripped real bad so that needs to be replaced, leather grip is certainly worn...), but I managed to free up the lens release and film advance and somehow even got the shutter to work once or twice with these mystery-aged batteries while screwing with the film advance. I'm excited see if it's actually working properly once I replace the batteries, then I'll just need to find some half-decent film for a half-decent price.
 

Happened across an old Pentax MG 35mm SLR at a thrift shop last evening for $8... couldn't pass it up for that steal of a deal, I've been wanting a decent film camera to kind of tinker with. I couldn't get it to work correctly in the store but it didn't seem like anything was actually broken, just seized from sitting around or what-have-you, figured a bit of a deep clean would help that along. It's a bit rough in places (battery cap is stripped real bad so that needs to be replaced, leather grip is certainly worn...), but I managed to free up the lens release and film advance and somehow even got the shutter to work once or twice with these mystery-aged batteries while screwing with the film advance. I'm excited see if it's actually working properly once I replace the batteries, then I'll just need to find some half-decent film for a half-decent price.
 

Hey, if it fits it sits ?
Just like those block toys - you can force the square block into the circle hole if you try hard enough.

Hey, if it fits it sits ?
Just like those block toys - you can force the square block into the circle hole if you try hard enough.

Hey, if it fits it sits ?
Just like those block toys - you can force the square block into the circle hole if you try hard enough.