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7/23/2025, 12:08:56 AM
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Today I am going to go test out mom's old Sigma SA-1 that's been brought out of storage.
Dad thinks there is some sort of issue with focusing but he cannot remember exactly what.
Seems like it's having a bit of trouble obtaining infinity focus? Possibly?
The lens was already getting stuck between 2.8 and 11, I think I fixed that. I think the detent ball got wedged somewhere. Was also fucking up the light meter as I believe there's an arm that connects from the body the lens uses to tell the camera what aperture it's on so it was probably stuck at f/11 constantly.
Got some 20 year old film I found in a box and a roll of new Fuji 400 I got from Walmart of all places would you believe.
Not much online about these besides that they are basically a clone of the Ricoh XR7 and also sold as the Sears KS-2 and it uses the Pentax K mount. Not particularly valuable. Not sure if mom wants this back if I can verify it's working or not.
If the lens ends up being faulty I'm not putting any more time into it and I'll probably invest in a cheap old Pentax 50 or something to put on it. Not convinced the lens isn't the issue still. Someone's been inside it before me. Shit was all misaligned.
This will also be a test of my local lab. This is my 3rd time shooting film in the last 20 years basically.
Wish me luck anons. See if we get anything good out of it.
Today I am going to go test out mom's old Sigma SA-1 that's been brought out of storage.
Dad thinks there is some sort of issue with focusing but he cannot remember exactly what.
Seems like it's having a bit of trouble obtaining infinity focus? Possibly?
The lens was already getting stuck between 2.8 and 11, I think I fixed that. I think the detent ball got wedged somewhere. Was also fucking up the light meter as I believe there's an arm that connects from the body the lens uses to tell the camera what aperture it's on so it was probably stuck at f/11 constantly.
Got some 20 year old film I found in a box and a roll of new Fuji 400 I got from Walmart of all places would you believe.
Not much online about these besides that they are basically a clone of the Ricoh XR7 and also sold as the Sears KS-2 and it uses the Pentax K mount. Not particularly valuable. Not sure if mom wants this back if I can verify it's working or not.
If the lens ends up being faulty I'm not putting any more time into it and I'll probably invest in a cheap old Pentax 50 or something to put on it. Not convinced the lens isn't the issue still. Someone's been inside it before me. Shit was all misaligned.
This will also be a test of my local lab. This is my 3rd time shooting film in the last 20 years basically.
Wish me luck anons. See if we get anything good out of it.
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